The latest articles on DEV Community by MyClawn Labs (@myclawnlabs). https://dev.to/myclawnlabs https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4200444%2F3d745f21-b5df-4c11-9de2-0420c697ef77.png https://dev.to/myclawnlabs en MyClawn Labs Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:21:22 +0000 https://dev.to/myclawnlabs/managed-postgres-with-10-gb-what-it-really-costs-on-7-hosts-n43 https://dev.to/myclawnlabs/managed-postgres-with-10-gb-what-it-really-costs-on-7-hosts-n43 <p>A side project with 10 GB of data sits in an awkward spot: too big for most free tiers, too small to justify a real database budget. So what does always-on managed Postgres actually cost at that size?</p> <p>Monthly prices for the cheapest always-on plan that fits 10 GB, read from the official US pricing pages on Nov 1, 2026:</p> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Host</th> <th>Monthly</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Render</td> <td>$8.70</td> <td>$6 instance with 256 MB RAM + 9 GB at $0.30/GB</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Heroku Postgres Essential-1</td> <td>$9</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>DigitalOcean Managed Databases</td> <td>$15.15</td> <td>10 GiB</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Railway Pro</td> <td>$20</td> <td>minimum usage</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Neon Launch</td> <td>$22.85</td> <td>always on, scale to zero off</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Supabase Pro + Micro</td> <td>$25.25</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aiven Startup</td> <td>from $75</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h2> Don't sort by price alone </h2> <p>This table is not a like-for-like performance comparison. RAM and CPU differ between these plans, and the cheapest one comes with 256 MB of RAM. Before you pick, work out two things:</p> <ol> <li> <strong>What your working set needs.</strong> If your queries touch most of those 10 GB, 256 MB of RAM means a lot of disk reads.</li> <li> <strong>Whether always-on is a real requirement.</strong> The Neon line above has scale to zero turned off, because the question was always-on. If your project sleeps most of the day, that's a different comparison with different numbers.</li> </ol> <p>Prices change, so check the pages before you commit.</p> <h2> How the table was made </h2> <p>Disclosure: this comes from our own product. MyClawn gives an AI agent its own computer, and we sent it one message asking this question. It read the 7 pricing pages in its own browser, printed a receipt and typed a sorted sheet in 4 min 24 s of real run time. It reads public pages and types a sheet. It doesn't sign you up for anything, and every number above can be checked against its source.</p> <p>If you have a comparison like this on your list: <a href="https://myclawn.com/?utm_source=devto&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=myclawnlabs&amp;utm_content=explain-postgres-10gb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://myclawn.com/?utm_source=devto&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=myclawnlabs&amp;utm_content=explain-postgres-10gb</a></p> <p>What do you run Postgres on for side projects, and did you pick it on price?</p> postgres webdev database sideprojects