Neon and PlanetScale are modern serverless databases. Neon offers PostgreSQL with RLS, while PlanetScale offers MySQL with a branching workflow.
Scan Your AppNeon's PostgreSQL foundation provides stronger built-in security through RLS. PlanetScale requires application-level security implementation.
Choose Neon if you need database-level row security. Choose PlanetScale if you need MySQL compatibility. Always implement application-level security checks regardless.
When comparing Neon vs PlanetScale, consider these broader security trends.
of Lovable applications (170 out of 1,645) had exposed user data in the CVE-2025-48757 incident
Source: CVE-2025-48757 security advisory
of data breaches involve databases with misconfigured access controls
Source: Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
average cost of a data breach in 2023
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
“Vibe coding your way to a production codebase is clearly risky. Most of the work we do as software engineers involves evolving existing systems, where the quality and understandability of the underlying code is crucial.”
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