| 1 | import type { Metadata } from "next"; |
| 2 | import Link from "next/link"; |
| 3 | import { StructuredData } from "@/components/structured-data"; |
| 4 | import { absoluteUrl, genPageMetadata } from "../seo"; |
| 5 | |
| 6 | const comparisonRows = [ |
| 7 | { |
| 8 | label: "What it is", |
| 9 | smbcloud: |
| 10 | "A data layer service managed inside your smbCloud project alongside Deploy, Auth, and Mail.", |
| 11 | neon: "A serverless PostgreSQL platform with instant branching, autoscaling, and a generous free tier.", |
| 12 | }, |
| 13 | { |
| 14 | label: "Best fit", |
| 15 | smbcloud: |
| 16 | "Teams that want always-on database management without cold starts or serverless compute trade-offs.", |
| 17 | neon: "Teams building on serverless or edge infrastructure that want Postgres to scale down to zero.", |
| 18 | }, |
| 19 | { |
| 20 | label: "Cold starts", |
| 21 | smbcloud: |
| 22 | "No serverless compute model. Database connections behave like a standard managed database.", |
| 23 | neon: "Serverless by design. Databases can pause and wake on first connection, which may add latency.", |
| 24 | }, |
| 25 | { |
| 26 | label: "Branching", |
| 27 | smbcloud: |
| 28 | "Standard database management. Use your framework migration tooling the same way you always have.", |
| 29 | neon: "Instant Postgres branching, a core feature for preview environments and development workflows.", |
| 30 | }, |
| 31 | { |
| 32 | label: "Why teams pick it", |
| 33 | smbcloud: |
| 34 | "Because they want a predictable always-on data layer inside one coherent platform.", |
| 35 | neon: "Because they want Postgres that scales to zero on the free tier and integrates with serverless workflows.", |
| 36 | }, |
| 37 | ]; |
| 38 | |
| 39 | const smbcloudFits = [ |
| 40 | "You want an always-on database without cold start concerns.", |
| 41 | "You are already using smbCloud Deploy or Auth and want the data layer in the same place.", |
| 42 | "You do not need Postgres branching for preview environments or CI workflows.", |
| 43 | "You prefer a predictable operational model over serverless autoscaling.", |
| 44 | ]; |
| 45 | |
| 46 | const neonStillFits = [ |
| 47 | "Your architecture is serverless or edge-first and you want Postgres that matches it.", |
| 48 | "You rely on Neon's branching for preview environments or per-PR databases.", |
| 49 | "The free tier's scale-to-zero behavior saves you real money.", |
| 50 | "You are deeply integrated with Neon's serverless driver or platform integrations.", |
| 51 | ]; |
| 52 | |
| 53 | const faqs = [ |
| 54 | { |
| 55 | question: "Is smbCloud GresIQ a Neon replacement?", |
| 56 | answer: |
| 57 | "For teams running traditional server-side apps that want an always-on managed database, it can be. If you never leaned on Neon's serverless scaling or branching features, GresIQ is worth evaluating.", |
| 58 | }, |
| 59 | { |
| 60 | question: "Does GresIQ support PostgreSQL?", |
| 61 | answer: |
| 62 | "GresIQ is built for relational database management and is designed to work alongside the smbCloud stack. It is not built around the serverless Postgres model the way Neon is.", |
| 63 | }, |
| 64 | { |
| 65 | question: "Will I notice cold starts with GresIQ?", |
| 66 | answer: |
| 67 | "No. GresIQ does not use a serverless compute model. Your database stays on and connections behave the same way they would with any managed relational database.", |
| 68 | }, |
| 69 | { |
| 70 | question: "Who should consider switching from Neon to GresIQ?", |
| 71 | answer: |
| 72 | "Teams using Neon as a hosted Postgres instance that do not rely on branching or scale-to-zero and would prefer to manage less tooling across fewer platforms.", |
| 73 | }, |
| 74 | ]; |
| 75 | |
| 76 | export const metadata: Metadata = { |
| 77 | ...genPageMetadata({ |
| 78 | title: "Neon alternative for teams that want always-on managed Postgres", |
| 79 | description: |
| 80 | "Looking for a Neon alternative? smbCloud GresIQ is an always-on data layer inside the same platform as your app, auth, and mail, with no cold starts or serverless trade-offs.", |
| 81 | path: "/neon-alternative", |
| 82 | keywords: [ |
| 83 | "Neon alternative", |
| 84 | "Neon Postgres alternative", |
| 85 | "serverless Postgres alternative", |
| 86 | "always-on managed database", |
| 87 | "GresIQ database", |
| 88 | "smbCloud GresIQ", |
| 89 | "managed PostgreSQL", |
| 90 | ], |
| 91 | }), |
| 92 | }; |
| 93 | |
| 94 | const structuredData = { |
| 95 | "@context": "https://schema.org", |
| 96 | "@graph": [ |
| 97 | { |
| 98 | "@type": "WebPage", |
| 99 | "@id": absoluteUrl("/neon-alternative#webpage"), |
| 100 | url: absoluteUrl("/neon-alternative"), |
| 101 | name: "Neon alternative for teams that want always-on managed Postgres", |
| 102 | description: |
| 103 | "Compare smbCloud GresIQ and Neon for teams that want a standard always-on database instead of serverless Postgres.", |
| 104 | isPartOf: { |
| 105 | "@id": absoluteUrl("/#website"), |
| 106 | }, |
| 107 | }, |
| 108 | { |
| 109 | "@type": "BreadcrumbList", |
| 110 | itemListElement: [ |
| 111 | { |
| 112 | "@type": "ListItem", |
| 113 | position: 1, |
| 114 | name: "Home", |
| 115 | item: absoluteUrl("/"), |
| 116 | }, |
| 117 | { |
| 118 | "@type": "ListItem", |
| 119 | position: 2, |
| 120 | name: "Neon alternative", |
| 121 | item: absoluteUrl("/neon-alternative"), |
| 122 | }, |
| 123 | ], |
| 124 | }, |
| 125 | { |
| 126 | "@type": "FAQPage", |
| 127 | mainEntity: faqs.map((faq) => ({ |
| 128 | "@type": "Question", |
| 129 | name: faq.question, |
| 130 | acceptedAnswer: { |
| 131 | "@type": "Answer", |
| 132 | text: faq.answer, |
| 133 | }, |
| 134 | })), |
| 135 | }, |
| 136 | ], |
| 137 | }; |
| 138 | |
| 139 | export default function NeonAlternativePage() { |
| 140 | return ( |
| 141 | <div> |
| 142 | <StructuredData data={structuredData} /> |
| 143 | |
| 144 | <section className="relative overflow-hidden px-6 pt-24 pb-16 sm:pt-32 sm:pb-20 lg:px-8"> |
| 145 | <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 top-0 -z-10 h-[520px] bg-[radial-gradient(ellipse_75%_50%_at_50%_0%,rgba(99,102,241,0.18),transparent)] dark:bg-[radial-gradient(ellipse_75%_50%_at_50%_0%,rgba(99,102,241,0.12),transparent)]" /> |
| 146 | |
| 147 | <div className="mx-auto max-w-4xl"> |
| 148 | <div className="mb-6 inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-indigo-200 bg-indigo-50 px-4 py-1.5 dark:border-indigo-500/30 dark:bg-indigo-500/10"> |
| 149 | <span className="h-1.5 w-1.5 rounded-full bg-indigo-500" /> |
| 150 | <span className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-indigo-700 dark:text-indigo-400"> |
| 151 | GresIQ comparison |
| 152 | </span> |
| 153 | </div> |
| 154 | |
| 155 | <h1 className="max-w-3xl text-4xl font-bold tracking-tight text-slate-900 dark:text-white sm:text-6xl leading-[1.05]"> |
| 156 | Looking for a Neon alternative? |
| 157 | </h1> |
| 158 | |
| 159 | <p className="mt-6 max-w-3xl text-lg leading-8 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"> |
| 160 | Neon built something clever with serverless Postgres. But |
| 161 | scale-to-zero and cold starts are the wrong trade-off for most |
| 162 | server-side apps. smbCloud GresIQ gives you an always-on data layer |
| 163 | inside the same platform as your app, auth, and mail, with no |
| 164 | serverless surprises. |
| 165 | </p> |
| 166 | |
| 167 | <div className="mt-8 flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row"> |
| 168 | <Link |
| 169 | href="https://console.smbcloud.xyz" |
| 170 | target="_blank" |
| 171 | rel="noopener noreferrer" |
| 172 | className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg bg-indigo-600 px-8 py-3.5 text-sm font-semibold text-white shadow-lg shadow-indigo-500/20 transition-all hover:bg-indigo-500 hover:shadow-indigo-500/30 active:scale-[0.98]" |
| 173 | > |
| 174 | Try smbCloud GresIQ |
| 175 | </Link> |
| 176 | <Link |
| 177 | href="/services" |
| 178 | className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg border border-slate-300 px-8 py-3.5 text-sm font-semibold text-slate-700 transition-colors hover:bg-slate-50 dark:border-white/[0.12] dark:text-slate-200 dark:hover:bg-white/[0.04]" |
| 179 | > |
| 180 | See all services |
| 181 | </Link> |
| 182 | </div> |
| 183 | </div> |
| 184 | </section> |
| 185 | |
| 186 | <section className="px-6 pb-24 lg:px-8"> |
| 187 | <div className="mx-auto max-w-5xl grid gap-8 lg:grid-cols-[0.95fr_1.05fr]"> |
| 188 | <div> |
| 189 | <p className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400 dark:text-slate-600"> |
| 190 | Why teams look beyond Neon |
| 191 | </p> |
| 192 | <h2 className="mt-4 text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight text-slate-900 dark:text-white"> |
| 193 | Usually they wanted managed Postgres. The serverless model came |
| 194 | with it. |
| 195 | </h2> |
| 196 | <p className="mt-5 text-base leading-8 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"> |
| 197 | Neon is a genuine innovation in the Postgres space. But for Rails, |
| 198 | Node.js, and Vapor apps running on standard servers, an always-on |
| 199 | database is simpler to reason about and easier to operate. GresIQ |
| 200 | keeps the database predictable and keeps it close to the rest of |
| 201 | your stack. |
| 202 | </p> |
| 203 | </div> |
| 204 | |
| 205 | <div className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-slate-50 p-8 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02]"> |
| 206 | <p className="text-sm font-semibold text-slate-900 dark:text-white"> |
| 207 | What GresIQ does well |
| 208 | </p> |
| 209 | <ul className="mt-5 space-y-4 text-sm leading-7 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"> |
| 210 | <li className="flex gap-3"> |
| 211 | <span className="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-indigo-500" /> |
| 212 | <span>Always-on relational database management, with no cold starts or wake-up latency.</span> |
| 213 | </li> |
| 214 | <li className="flex gap-3"> |
| 215 | <span className="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-indigo-500" /> |
| 216 | <span>Lives inside the same platform as your app, auth, and mail.</span> |
| 217 | </li> |
| 218 | <li className="flex gap-3"> |
| 219 | <span className="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-indigo-500" /> |
| 220 | <span>Standard connection model. Works with the ORM and migration tooling you already use.</span> |
| 221 | </li> |
| 222 | </ul> |
| 223 | </div> |
| 224 | </div> |
| 225 | </section> |
| 226 | |
| 227 | <section className="border-t border-slate-200 px-6 py-24 dark:border-white/[0.06] lg:px-8"> |
| 228 | <div className="mx-auto max-w-5xl"> |
| 229 | <div className="mb-12 max-w-3xl"> |
| 230 | <p className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400 dark:text-slate-600"> |
| 231 | smbCloud GresIQ vs Neon |
| 232 | </p> |
| 233 | <h2 className="mt-4 text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight text-slate-900 dark:text-white"> |
| 234 | Here is the trade, without the usual sales fog. |
| 235 | </h2> |
| 236 | </div> |
| 237 | |
| 238 | <div className="overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 dark:border-white/[0.06]"> |
| 239 | <div className="grid grid-cols-[0.8fr_1fr_1fr] bg-slate-50 text-sm font-semibold text-slate-900 dark:bg-white/[0.03] dark:text-white"> |
| 240 | <div className="border-b border-slate-200 px-5 py-4 dark:border-white/[0.06]"> |
| 241 | Area |
| 242 | </div> |
| 243 | <div className="border-b border-l border-slate-200 px-5 py-4 dark:border-white/[0.06]"> |
| 244 | smbCloud GresIQ |
| 245 | </div> |
| 246 | <div className="border-b border-l border-slate-200 px-5 py-4 dark:border-white/[0.06]"> |
| 247 | Neon |
| 248 | </div> |
| 249 | </div> |
| 250 | {comparisonRows.map((row) => ( |
| 251 | <div |
| 252 | key={row.label} |
| 253 | className="grid grid-cols-[0.8fr_1fr_1fr] text-sm leading-7 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400" |
| 254 | > |
| 255 | <div className="border-b border-slate-200 bg-white px-5 py-5 font-semibold text-slate-900 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02] dark:text-white"> |
| 256 | {row.label} |
| 257 | </div> |
| 258 | <div className="border-b border-l border-slate-200 bg-white px-5 py-5 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02]"> |
| 259 | {row.smbcloud} |
| 260 | </div> |
| 261 | <div className="border-b border-l border-slate-200 bg-white px-5 py-5 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02]"> |
| 262 | {row.neon} |
| 263 | </div> |
| 264 | </div> |
| 265 | ))} |
| 266 | </div> |
| 267 | </div> |
| 268 | </section> |
| 269 | |
| 270 | <section className="px-6 py-24 lg:px-8"> |
| 271 | <div className="mx-auto grid max-w-5xl gap-6 lg:grid-cols-2"> |
| 272 | <div className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-8 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02]"> |
| 273 | <p className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400 dark:text-slate-600"> |
| 274 | Pick smbCloud GresIQ if |
| 275 | </p> |
| 276 | <ul className="mt-6 space-y-4 text-sm leading-7 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"> |
| 277 | {smbcloudFits.map((item) => ( |
| 278 | <li key={item} className="flex gap-3"> |
| 279 | <span className="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-indigo-500" /> |
| 280 | <span>{item}</span> |
| 281 | </li> |
| 282 | ))} |
| 283 | </ul> |
| 284 | </div> |
| 285 | |
| 286 | <div className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-slate-50 p-8 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02]"> |
| 287 | <p className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400 dark:text-slate-600"> |
| 288 | Stay on Neon if |
| 289 | </p> |
| 290 | <ul className="mt-6 space-y-4 text-sm leading-7 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"> |
| 291 | {neonStillFits.map((item) => ( |
| 292 | <li key={item} className="flex gap-3"> |
| 293 | <span className="mt-2 h-1.5 w-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-slate-400" /> |
| 294 | <span>{item}</span> |
| 295 | </li> |
| 296 | ))} |
| 297 | </ul> |
| 298 | </div> |
| 299 | </div> |
| 300 | </section> |
| 301 | |
| 302 | <section className="px-6 pb-24 lg:px-8"> |
| 303 | <div className="mx-auto max-w-3xl"> |
| 304 | <div className="mb-10"> |
| 305 | <p className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-slate-400 dark:text-slate-600"> |
| 306 | FAQ |
| 307 | </p> |
| 308 | <h2 className="mt-4 text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight text-slate-900 dark:text-white"> |
| 309 | Common questions |
| 310 | </h2> |
| 311 | </div> |
| 312 | <div className="space-y-4"> |
| 313 | {faqs.map((faq) => ( |
| 314 | <div |
| 315 | key={faq.question} |
| 316 | className="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6 dark:border-white/[0.06] dark:bg-white/[0.02]" |
| 317 | > |
| 318 | <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold text-slate-900 dark:text-white"> |
| 319 | {faq.question} |
| 320 | </h3> |
| 321 | <p className="mt-3 text-sm leading-7 text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400"> |
| 322 | {faq.answer} |
| 323 | </p> |
| 324 | </div> |
| 325 | ))} |
| 326 | </div> |
| 327 | </div> |
| 328 | </section> |
| 329 | |
| 330 | <section className="px-6 pb-20 lg:px-8"> |
| 331 | <div className="mx-auto max-w-3xl"> |
| 332 | <div className="relative overflow-hidden rounded-2xl bg-indigo-600 px-8 py-14 text-center shadow-2xl shadow-indigo-500/20"> |
| 333 | <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 bg-[radial-gradient(ellipse_at_top,rgba(255,255,255,0.1),transparent)]" /> |
| 334 | <h2 className="relative text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight text-white"> |
| 335 | If Neon feels like the wrong model for your stack, try GresIQ. |
| 336 | </h2> |
| 337 | <p className="relative mt-4 text-indigo-200"> |
| 338 | Run it on one project. That is usually enough to know. |
| 339 | </p> |
| 340 | <div className="relative mt-8 flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 sm:flex-row"> |
| 341 | <Link |
| 342 | href="https://console.smbcloud.xyz" |
| 343 | target="_blank" |
| 344 | rel="noopener noreferrer" |
| 345 | className="inline-flex rounded-lg bg-white px-8 py-3.5 text-sm font-semibold text-indigo-700 shadow-sm transition-colors hover:bg-indigo-50" |
| 346 | > |
| 347 | Start with smbCloud |
| 348 | </Link> |
| 349 | <Link |
| 350 | href="/supabase-alternative" |
| 351 | className="inline-flex rounded-lg border border-white/20 px-8 py-3.5 text-sm font-semibold text-white transition-colors hover:bg-white/10" |
| 352 | > |
| 353 | Compare Supabase alternative |
| 354 | </Link> |
| 355 | </div> |
| 356 | </div> |
| 357 | </div> |
| 358 | </section> |
| 359 | </div> |
| 360 | ); |
| 361 | } |