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title: Platform overview
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subtitle: Find information about managing all aspects of your database using the Neon
  platform
updatedOn: '2025-10-25T09:51:37.871Z'
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## Access & collaboration

Manage your account, your team, and who can access your project's databases.

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<a href="/docs/manage/accounts" description="About Neon account types" icon="user">Accounts</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/user-permissions" description="Manage user permissions and access levels" icon="user">User permissions</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/organizations" description="Build your team in Neon" icon="handshake">Organizations</a>

<a href="/docs/guides/project-collaboration-guide" description="Collaborate on your projects with other users" icon="import">Project collaboration</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/database-access" description="Learn how to manage user access to your databases using roles" icon="database">Database access</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/api-keys" description="Generate and manage API keys" icon="network">API keys</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/account-recovery" description="Recover your account and reset your password" icon="user">Account recovery</a>

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## Projects & resources

Learn how to manage all aspects of your Neon projects. These topics cover the basics of setting up your projects through the UI (create, edit, delete) as well as practical guidance and best practices around managing project resources.

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<a href="/docs/manage/overview" description="Learn about the Neon project and all its resources" icon="filter">Object hierarchy</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/projects" description="Create and manage projects in Neon" icon="ladder">Projects</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/branches" description="Learn about database branching in Neon" icon="branching">Branches</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/computes" description="Configure and optimimze compute resources for your Neon projects" icon="laptop">Computes</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/roles" description="Manage roles within projects and assign permissions" icon="user">Roles</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/databases" description="Manage your database from the Console, CLI, or API" icon="database">Databases</a>

<a href="/docs/guides/tables" description="Use the Tables page to easily view, edit, and manage your database entries" icon="data">Tables</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/integrations" description="Manage third-party integrations with your Neon project" icon="handshake">Integrations</a>

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## Monitoring & observability

Monitor your Neon projects to track system health and performance.

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<a href="/docs/introduction/monitoring" description="Learn about monitoring resources and metrics in Neon" icon="research">Overview</a>

<a href="/docs/introduction/monitoring-page" description="Dashboard graphs for monitoring system and database metrics" icon="gui">Monitoring dashboard</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/operations" description="Track actions taken by the control plane on project resources" icon="chart-bar">System operations</a>

<a href="/docs/introduction/monitor-active-queries" description="View and analyze running queries in your database" icon="import">Active queries</a>

<a href="/docs/introduction/monitor-query-performance" description="View and analyze query performance for your Neon database" icon="research">Query performance</a>

<a href="/docs/guides/datadog" description="Monitor your database with Datadog" icon="import">Datadog</a>

<a href="/docs/guides/grafana-cloud" description="Monitor your database with Grafana Cloud" icon="import">Grafana Cloud</a>

<a href="/docs/guides/opentelemetry" description="Monitor your database with OpenTelemetry" icon="import">OpenTelemetry</a>

<a href="/docs/reference/metrics-logs" description="Metrics and logs reference for monitoring" icon="research">Metrics and logs reference</a>

<a href="https://neon.com/guides/betterstack-otel-neon" description="Monitor Neon with Better Stack using OpenTelemetry integration" icon="import">Better Stack</a>

<a href="https://neon.com/guides/newrelic-otel-neon" description="Monitor Neon with New Relic using OpenTelemetry integration" icon="import">New Relic</a>

<a href="/docs/introduction/monitor-pgadmin" description="Monitor your Neon Postgres database with pgAdmin" icon="wrench">pgAdmin</a>

<a href="/docs/introduction/monitor-pghero" description="Monitor your Neon Postgres database with PgHero" icon="wrench">PgHero</a>

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## Security & compliance

Learn how Neon secures your projects and data, and explore the security features available for you to use.

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<a href="/docs/security/security-overview" description="Overview of Neon's security features" icon="privacy">Overview</a>

<a href="/docs/security/security-reporting" description="Report security vulnerabilities and incidents" icon="respond-arrow">Security reporting</a>

<a href="/docs/security/compliance" description="Learn how Neon complies with various standards" icon="check">Compliance</a>

<a href="/docs/security/hipaa" description="HIPAA compliance with Neon" icon="privacy">HIPAA</a>

<a href="/docs/security/acceptable-use-policy" description="Read about Neon's acceptable use policies" icon="privacy">Acceptable Use Policy</a>

<a href="/docs/security/ai-use-in-neon" description="Learn about how AI is used in Neon" icon="openai">AI use in Neon</a>

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## Operations & maintenance

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<a href="/docs/manage/backups" description="An overview of backup strategies for Neon Postgres" icon="database">Backups</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/backup-pg-dump" description="Learn how to create a backup of your Neon database using pg_dump" icon="database">Backup with pg_dump</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/backup-pg-dump-automate" description="Automate backups of your Neon database to S3 with pg_dump and GitHub Actions" icon="stopwatch">Automate pg_dump backups</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/maintenance-updates-overview" description="Overview of Neon platform maintenance and compute updates" icon="research">Updates overview</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/platform-maintenance" description="Find out how Neon manages essential platform maintenance and critical security updates" icon="gui">Platform maintenance</a>

<a href="/docs/manage/updates" description="Learn about updates for Neon computes and Postgres" icon="import">Updates</a>

<a href="/docs/introduction/regions" description="Learn about Neon regions and availability" icon="globe">Regions</a>

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