Flexible Scaling, Affordable HA, and Zero Hidden Fees – Our Updated Managed Database Plans

If you run databases in the cloud, you know the trade-offs.

Hyperscalers offer extreme technical flexibility, to the point that there are no guardrails and you risk deploying combinations of resources and architectures that inadvertently create performance bottlenecks, and leave resources idle, on top of which they also hit you with hyper-complex and unintelligible pricing, high network egress fees, throttled IOPS and surprisingly expensive backup overages. On the other side, alternative cloud providers keep pricing simple, but they force you into rotten compromises that tie your compute, topology, backups and storage together. In some cases, if your database outgrows its disk space, you are forced to buy larger, more expensive compute,  in order to get more storage, even if your CPU is idling. In other cases, you might also be forced to buy additional nodes just to get extended backups.

We overhauled our Managed Database plans for PostgreSQL and MySQL to fix both issues. Here is a breakdown of what changed and how it makes running resilient databases simpler and more affordable.

Balanced compute profiles with smart storage guardrails

Relational databases live and die by memory availability and caching velocity. That’s why our modular architecture pairs strict, balanced compute profiles (1:4 Standard and 1:8 Memory-Optimized) with flexible, bounded storage options.

Upgrading your entire compute tier just to get a few extra gigabytes of storage would be a waste of money. That’s why with our new plans, we’ve aimed to offer you the freedom to scale disk capacity independently, but with intelligent guardrails that protect system health:

• Floor limits: Prevent allocating storage so small that disk spillage, temporary table creation, or write-ahead logs starve the underlying OS.
• Ceiling limits: Prevent deploying massive datasets on under-resourced compute tiers where memory becomes mathematically incapable of caching a performant working set.

The result is true architectural freedom, which allows you to scale your storage without changing your compute footprint and vice versa, all within built-in sanity boundaries.

We also organized our plans into three clear, industry-standard tiers:

• Developer: Ideal for testing, staging, and lighter applications, at an unbeatable storage price and with 3-day PITR at no additional cost.
• Standard: Balanced memory-to-CPU ratios for general production workloads, bundled with the unthrottled performance of our industry-leading MaxIOPS storage tier and 15-day PITR at no additional cost.
• Memory-optimized: Designed for heavy read/write operations, high-concurrency apps, and large datasets, and also bundled with the unthrottled performance of our MaxIOPS storage technology and 15-day PITR at no additional cost.

Resilient high-availability clusters for less

Running a single database node in production is a risk, but setting up high-availability (HA) clusters is often too expensive for growing teams.

To make multi-node resiliency accessible early on, we introduced automatic bundle pricing for multi-node deployments:

• 10% off your second node
• 30% off your third node

Whether you are adding a secondary failover node or building a full three-node cluster, these built-in discounts lower the financial barrier to running production-grade infrastructure.

Predictable compliance backups and zero egress fees

Hyperscaler invoices are notoriously hard to predict. Extended backup retention often ends up costing three to five times more than the base database instance itself.

Our updated plans introduce predictable, tiered pricing for 31-day compliance backups. You get a clear, flat rate for retention backups without dealing with variable math or sudden spikes on your monthly bill.

Combined with our policy of zero network egress fees, your monthly bill stays transparent. What you see on our pricing page is what you pay.

MaxIOPS performance and European data sovereignty

Under the hood, these updated plans run on the core strengths of our infrastructure platform:

• MaxIOPS storage: High-speed, unthrottled storage performance that outpaces standard cloud disks.
• European data sovereignty: Infrastructure hosted within the European Union under with strict privacy standards.
• Ecosystem integration: Connect your PostgreSQL and MySQL instances with Managed Valkey for caching or Managed Kubernetes for compute, secured inside Private Networks with SDN Firewalls.

Note: These updates apply strictly to PostgreSQL and MySQL plans. Managed Valkey and OpenSearch remain on their current plans and pricing for now.

Ready to take control of your database scaling and costs? Explore our new tiers and deploy your next cluster on our Managed Databases pricing page.