Neon branches set a powerful new standard to manage Postgres environments. This guide introduced you to the core concepts, architecture patterns, and real-world workflows behind branching in Neon. From per-developer sandboxes to agent-managed snapshots and PR previews, branches give you infrastructure that keeps pace with your team and disappears when you’re done.
The best part? It’s easy to get started.
Sign up for Neon (it’s free) and create your first project. In just a few minutes, you can spin up your first branch, run a test, preview an app, or connect to Vercel or GitHub Actions.
If you have any questions, reach out to us on Discord.
Branching resources
Documentation
- Neon Object Hierarchy
- Branching in Neon
- Schema-only branches
- PostgreSQL Anonymizer
- Reset from parent
- Instant restores
- Neon CLI Reference
- Neon API
Integrations
Guides and tutorials
- Automate branching with GitHub Actions
- A branch for every Vercel environment
- Preview branches with Fly.io
- Logical Replication
- Create a Neon Twin