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We don’t believe in treating customers differently based on what they pay, so every account gets all platform features, plus all 189 AI/MCP tools.
One balance for databases, apps and Project servers.
What are you running?
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pgvector and TimescaleDB, included on Postgres.
Selfhost.dev provisions and manages in our cloud.
General purpose SSD, latest generation. 3,000 IOPS included at the lowest cost per GB: the right choice for almost every database, so we select it by default.
This is computed from the setup you built. Sign up and the credit is added automatically, no card needed.
The link reopens this exact configuration. The email carries the same link and its price, then one note if that price changes. Nothing else. Bigger setup? Get the free line-by-line audit →
You choose where it runs when you create the project. Which locations are open depends on the machine you pick.
Billed by the hour, stop the server and you pay nothing.
This is computed from the server hours you selected. The credit is added automatically at signup.
The link reopens this exact configuration. The email carries the same link and its price, then one note if that price changes. Nothing else. Bigger setup? Get the free line-by-line audit →
Powered by AWS 16+ compute-optimised Graviton instances Multi-AZ, PITR, pooling & BYOC included Prepaid credits, no tiers
Top up. Pay for what you run.
Pause when you don't.
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.
Add credits in presets of $5, $10, $25 or $50 (up to $500), paid via Razorpay. No auto-recharge unless you turn it on.
Everything is billed by the hour against your credits: a project server from around $0.02/hr, a managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis database from about $5/mo, ClickHouse from about $27/mo. You pay for compute, storage, egress and each instance's public IPv4, nothing else.
Watch your balance, hourly burn rate and how long it lasts. We suggest keeping a minimum balance of about $20.
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.
Your first $5 is already covered.
Launch window offer. Added automatically at signup, no card needed.
Every account gets all 189 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.
Egress overage
Charged per GB of egress you use, metered against your credits.
Extra storage (gp3)
Region-aware pricing. Based on your storage type and region. Price shown is for gp3 in the selected region.
Backup storage
Incremental EBS snapshots stored in S3. Scales with DB size, change rate and the retention you choose.
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.
Public IPv4
Dedicated public IPv4 address for direct connectivity.
Cross-AZ transfer
Applied when replicas span availability zones. Based on replication volume between AZs.
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 managed database pricing compares when you factor in what other providers charge separately.
| Feature | Market Price | Selfhost.dev |
|---|---|---|
| Connection pooling (RDS Proxy) | $21-44/mo | Included |
| Alerting (PagerDuty) | $21/user/mo | Included |
| Automated backups + retention | $15-40/mo | Included |
| PITR (Supabase) | $25/mo min | Included |
| AI infra management (189 MCP tools) | Doesn't exist | Included |
| BYOC - bring your own cloud | $500+/mo | Included |
| Total standalone | $580+/mo | Pay-as-you-go |
* All 189 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.