--- title: Performance tips for Neon Postgres | daily.dev description: Practical performance tips for Neon's serverless Postgres, covering compute sizing, connection pooling, autoscaling, and query diagnostics using... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-tips-for-neon-postgres-8rqge7o0y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Performance tips for Neon Postgres | daily.dev og:description: Practical performance tips for Neon's serverless Postgres, covering compute sizing, connection pooling, autoscaling, and query diagnostics using... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-tips-for-neon-postgres-8rqge7o0y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8RQGe7O0y.png og:image:alt: Performance tips for Neon Postgres 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. # Performance tips for Neon Postgres **[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Practical performance tips for Neon's serverless Postgres, covering compute sizing, connection pooling, autoscaling, and query diagnostics using pg_stat_statements and EXPLAIN ANALYZE. Covers reducing table bloat via REINDEX and autovacuum tuning, evaluating cache hit ratios using Neon's neon_stat_file_cache view, and improving write ingestion through batch inserts, read replicas, and index cleanup. Also highlights using Neon's database branching to safely test performance changes in isolation before applying them to production. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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