Pricing

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Selfhost.dev pricing is prepaid credits, no tiers and no subscriptions. Top up from $5 and pay only for what you run: PostgreSQL (with pgvector), Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, full-stack app hosting, and Supabase, all on one platform. Every account gets all 150+ MCP tools.

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pgvector and TimescaleDB, included on Postgres.

Selfhost.dev provisions and manages in our cloud.

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BYOC Fee 30% of managed price
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Your $1 welcome credit lasts ~5 days

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Prepaid credits, no tiers

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No plans, no subscriptions, no per-database fees. Add credits to your wallet and pay only for the compute, storage, and egress you use, across managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and ClickHouse and your project servers. Curious how much a platform's bill can swing between a quiet and a busy month? See our guide to Bill Variance.

Top up from $5

Add credits in presets of $5, $10, $25, or $50 (up to $500), paid via Razorpay. No auto-recharge unless you turn it on.

Billed by usage

Everything is billed by the hour against your credits: a project server from around $0.02/hr, a managed Postgres, MySQL, Redis, or ClickHouse database from about $5/mo. You pay for compute, storage, and egress, nothing else.

See your runway

Watch your balance, hourly burn rate, and how long it lasts. We suggest keeping a minimum balance of about $20.

Pause at $0

Run low and resources pause, then auto-restart when you top up. We never send a surprise invoice: no charge in hindsight, no ghost compute.

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Every account gets all 150+ MCP tools. Managed databases and project servers are all billed by the hour against your credits; the calculator above estimates the monthly total for a managed database.

Additional costs

Only pay for what you use.
Nothing hidden. Nothing automatic.

Transparent pricing for managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and ClickHouse means every cost is documented upfront. No surprise line items at month-end.

Usage-based overages

Metered per unit as you use them, on top of compute. No action needed, you are never cut off.

$0.15/GB

Egress overage

Charged per GB of egress you use, metered against your credits.

$0.08/GB/mo

Extra storage (gp3)

Region-aware pricing. Based on your storage type and region. Price shown is for gp3 in the selected region.

$0.05/GB/mo

Backup storage

Incremental EBS snapshots stored in S3. Scales with DB size, change rate, and the retention you choose.

$0.03/GB/mo

PITR storage

For databases with PITR enabled. WAL segments archived to S3 for point-in-time recovery; volume depends on write activity.

Optional add-ons

Only added if and when you explicitly enable them.

$5/mo per DB

Public IPv4

Dedicated public IPv4 address for direct connectivity.

$0.03/GB

Cross-AZ transfer

Applied when replicas span availability zones. Based on replication volume between AZs.

$3/mo per DB

Internet access (NAT)

Shared NAT Gateway cost for databases in private subnets needing internet access.

Compare

$580+/mo in tools.
All included on Selfhost.dev.

See how Selfhost.dev's postgresql hosting cost compares when you factor in what other providers charge separately.

Feature Market Price Selfhost.dev
Connection pooling (RDS Proxy)$21-44/moIncluded
Alerting (PagerDuty)$21/user/moIncluded
Automated backups + retention$15-40/moIncluded
PITR (Supabase)$25/mo minIncluded
AI infra management (150+ MCP tools)Doesn't existIncluded
BYOC - bring your own cloud$500+/moIncluded
Total standalone$580+/moPay-as-you-go

* All 150+ MCP tools and these features are included on every account, billed pay-as-you-go. Database infrastructure (compute + storage) is billed separately. See full comparisons against RDS, DigitalOcean, Neon, Supabase, Aiven, and Railway.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does managed PostgreSQL cost on Selfhost.dev?
Selfhost.dev is pay-as-you-go, not tiered. Everything is billed by the hour against your credits and pauses when you stop it. Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and ClickHouse start around $5/mo for the smallest instance (metered hourly) and scale with the instance and region you choose; a project server starts around $0.02/hr. Use the calculator above for an exact figure, and you only pay for the compute, storage, and egress you run.
How much does it cost to host an app or run a project server?
A project server for full-stack app hosting starts around $0.02/hr, about $0.50 a day, billed by the hour against your prepaid credits. Stop it and you pay nothing. There are no per-service or per-seat fees, and all 150+ MCP tools are included. See how Projects work.
Is there a free trial?
There's no subscription to start. Signing up gets you a $1 welcome credit immediately, no card needed, about 5 days of a managed database or 2 days of a project server; then spin up managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, or ClickHouse from around $5/mo. You only pay for what you run. Start for free.
How does Selfhost.dev pricing compare to AWS RDS?
Selfhost.dev runs the same Graviton instances as RDS at transparent pay-as-you-go pricing, usually well below RDS once you add the monitoring, alerts, and backups RDS bills separately. Use the calculator for an exact side-by-side estimate. See the full RDS comparison. For a full cost breakdown, see our AWS RDS cost breakdown.
What is included on every Selfhost.dev account?
Every account includes all 150+ MCP tools and the full feature set: monitoring, alerts, automated backups, scheduled start/stop, scaling, and BYOC, plus PITR, connection pooling, and database users on PostgreSQL and MySQL. No tiers gate features; you simply pay for the compute, storage, and egress you use.
Are there hidden fees in Selfhost.dev managed PostgreSQL pricing?
No hidden fees. You pay for compute, storage, and egress, metered as usage against your prepaid credits; egress, backup-storage, and PITR-storage rates are clearly listed below. Use the calculator to see an exact estimate before you deploy.
What is BYOC and how much does it cost?
BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) lets you run your managed database in your own AWS account while Selfhost.dev handles operations. You pay AWS directly for infrastructure and Selfhost.dev for management, keeping full infrastructure ownership.
Do I pay per database?
No. There are no per-database or per-workspace plan fees. You pay for the infrastructure each resource actually uses (compute, storage, egress), so adding a second database only adds that database's usage, nothing more.
What is the cheapest managed PostgreSQL option on Selfhost.dev?
The cheapest managed PostgreSQL on Selfhost.dev is a t4g.nano instance, approximately $5/mo for 2 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM, and 20 GB storage on AWS Graviton, with all 150+ MCP tools included. You pay only for what you run. Deploy now.
What are MCP tools and are they included in the pricing?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools let you manage databases and deployments from Claude, Cursor, or VS Code in natural language. All 150+ tools across 23 modules are included on every account at no extra cost - no other provider offers this depth. See MCP tools.
Can I change my setup anytime?
Yes. Resize an instance, add or remove databases and project services, or adjust storage at any time, and changes take effect right away. Top up or pause resources whenever you like; there's no plan to switch.
How does Selfhost.dev pricing compare to DigitalOcean and Neon?
Selfhost.dev is cheaper than DigitalOcean at the entry level ($5/mo vs $15/mo) and comparable at production tiers with far more features included. Compared to Neon, Selfhost.dev offers over 4x cheaper storage ($0.08/GB vs $0.35/GB) and fixed billing instead of usage-based pricing that can spike unexpectedly. See all comparisons.
What happens if I use a lot of egress or storage?
You're never cut off. Usage is metered per GB: $0.15/GB for egress beyond the included monthly allowance, $0.08/GB/mo for extra gp3 storage, $0.05/GB/mo for backup storage, and $0.03/GB/mo for PITR WAL storage. Everything is clearly documented, with no surprises.

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