--- title: A database for every preview environment using Neon,... description: A step-by-step guide to provisioning an isolated database for every pull request preview environment using Neon's branching feature, GitHub Actions, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-database-for-every-preview-environment-using-neon-github-actions-and-vercel-tcjldunmn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A database for every preview environment using Neon, GitHub Actions, and Vercel | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to provisioning an isolated database for every pull request preview environment using Neon's branching feature, GitHub Actions, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-database-for-every-preview-environment-using-neon-github-actions-and-vercel-tcjldunmn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TCjlDuNMn.png og:image:alt: A database for every preview environment using Neon, GitHub Actions, and Vercel og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A database for every preview environment using Neon, GitHub Actions, and Vercel **[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to provisioning an isolated database for every pull request preview environment using Neon's branching feature, GitHub Actions, and Vercel. Covers the drawbacks of shared staging databases, explains how Neon branches work (isolated, fast to create, cost-effective, pre-seeded with production data), and walks through three GitHub Actions workflows: creating a Neon branch and preview deployment on PR open, running migrations and deploying to production on merge, and cleaning up the preview branch on PR close. Uses Next.js and Prisma as the demo stack. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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