Managed PostgreSQL price comparison
Managed Postgres entry pricing in 2026 ranges from about $6/mo (Render) and $19/mo (Neon, serverless) up to roughly $15/mo for DigitalOcean, Vultr and Linode single nodes, with AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL and Azure landing around $9–16/mo once storage is added. Supabase and Neon have useful free tiers for prototyping. Cloudflare and Hetzner do not offer managed Postgres at all.
Data as of June 2026.
Managed Postgres entry price, cheapest first
| Provider | Product / entry plan | Entry $/mo | Free tier? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Render | Basic plan | $6.00/mo | Free Postgres expires after ~30 days; for prototyping only. |
| GCP | Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL — db-f1-micro shared / 1 vCPU 3.75 GB | $9.00/mo | Trial credit |
| AWS | RDS for PostgreSQL — db.t4g.micro (2 vCPU / 1 GB) single-AZ + 20 GB gp3 | $15.00/mo | Trial credit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed PostgreSQL — Single node 1 GB / 1 vCPU + 10 GB | $15.00/mo | Trial credit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases — 1 vCPU / 1 GB | $15.00/mo | Trial credit |
| Linode | Managed Database — 1 GB / 1 vCPU single node | $15.00/mo | Trial credit |
| Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server — Burstable B1ms (1 vCore / 2 GB) + 32 GB | $16.00/mo | Trial credit |
| Neon | Launch plan | $19.00/mo | Free |
| Supabase | Pro plan | $25.00/mo | Free |
Source: Vendor pricing pages. Data as of June 2026.
Vendor pricing as of June 2026 — estimate, verify on the provider pricing page. List prices change frequently and vary by region. Entry prices are a single small node with modest included storage; high-availability clusters, larger instances and extra storage cost more. RDS/Cloud SQL/Azure figures are all-in estimates including basic storage.
Which to choose
- Lowest cost, simple app — Render (~$6) or a DigitalOcean/Vultr/Linode single node (~$15) with predictable flat pricing.
- Spiky or dev/test workloads — Neon-style serverless that scales compute to zero, or Supabase's free tier.
- Inside an existing AWS/GCP/Azure estate — RDS, Cloud SQL or Azure Flexible Server for tight integration and IAM.
- Bundled backend — Supabase bundles auth, storage and edge functions on top of Postgres for $25/mo Pro.
Notes by provider
- Google Cloud — Shared-core db-f1-micro from ~$9/mo + storage; production tiers cost more. AlloyDB is the premium option.
- Amazon Web Services — ~$0.016/hr instance (~$12/mo) + storage + backup; ~$15/mo all-in. Aurora Serverless v2 bills per ACU-hour.
- DigitalOcean — Managed Postgres from $15/mo (single node). Automated backups and failover on higher tiers.
- Vultr — Managed PostgreSQL from ~$15/mo for a single small node.
- Linode (Akamai) — Managed PostgreSQL from ~$15/mo (single node); HA clusters cost more.
- Microsoft Azure — B1ms ~$12-14/mo compute + storage; ~$16/mo all-in. 750 hrs B1ms free for 12 months for new accounts.
- Supabase — $25/mo Pro plan adds 8 GB database, daily backups and no auto-pause. Built on Postgres with auth, storage and edge functions bundled.
- Neon — $19/mo Launch plan; serverless Postgres that scales compute to zero when idle, so you pay mostly for what you use. Database branching for dev/test.
- Render — Paid Postgres from ~$6/mo (Basic-256mb) with daily backups; scales up by RAM/CPU. App hosting and Postgres on one platform.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest managed PostgreSQL in 2026?
Among always-on entry plans, Render starts around $6/mo and Neon's Launch plan is ~$19/mo (serverless, scales compute to zero when idle). AWS RDS db.t4g.micro and Azure/Google Cloud entry tiers land around $9-16/mo all-in once storage is added. DigitalOcean, Vultr and Linode managed Postgres start at ~$15/mo. Supabase and Neon also offer genuinely useful free tiers for prototyping.
Are Supabase and Neon cheaper than AWS RDS?
For small or spiky workloads, often yes. Both have free tiers, and Neon's serverless model bills mostly for active compute, so an idle dev database costs almost nothing. AWS RDS bills a fixed instance plus storage 24/7. For large, steady production databases, RDS/Cloud SQL can be more cost-effective and offer more tuning control.
Does Cloudflare or Hetzner offer managed Postgres?
No. Cloudflare does not sell managed Postgres (its Hyperdrive product pools and caches connections to a Postgres you host elsewhere, and D1 is SQLite). Hetzner has no managed database product — you self-host Postgres on a Cloud server (from ~$4/mo) and manage it yourself.
What drives the cost of managed Postgres?
Compute size (vCPU/RAM), storage volume, whether you run a high-availability replica, backup retention, and egress. The headline entry price usually buys a single small node with modest storage; HA clusters and larger instances multiply the cost. Always model your real RAM and storage needs.
Source
Prices are each vendor's published entry-tier managed-Postgres price, captured June 2026. RDS, Cloud SQL and Azure are usage-billed, so the figures are all-in estimates for a small instance plus basic storage — your bill will vary with size, storage, HA and egress. Confirm on the provider's pricing page. See our methodology. All figures are estimates.
Last updated: 2026-06-18