# White Widget's secret to scalable Postgres: Neon

DevFeed: [White Widget's secret to scalable Postgres: Neon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/white-widget-s-secret-to-scalable-postgres-neon-5856.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/white-widgets-secret-to-scalable-postgres-neon>)

Author: Carlota Soto

Published: 2024-03-21T16:15:41Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Amazon Aurora](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-aurora.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [case-studies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-studies.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [pricing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pricing.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

White Widget uses Neon as a backend for applications that must handle varying demand. The article describes how Neon's separation of storage and compute enables dynamic scaling, ephemeral compute endpoints, and usage-based cost efficiency, while contrasting it with GCP Cloud SQL and Amazon Aurora Serverless.

## Source excerpt

"Neon perfectly meets our needs for a Postgres solution that scales with demand. We can push the boundaries of what's possible in our projects without compromising efficiency or costs" Technical Director at White Widget White Widget is an award-winning software design and enginee...