PG 17Standard wire protocol, always on

Normal PostgreSQL. Always available. Pay only for what you use.

Create a real PostgreSQL database in seconds and connect with psql, Prisma, Drizzle or anything else. No plans to pick, no instance sizes, no pausing. An idle database costs pennies a month.

Create a database, $5 credit included See pricing

Your first databases run on the $5 welcome credit.

psql / Prisma / Drizzle / pg_dump / anything that speaks Postgres

acme / databases balance $4.71
4 databases · all running + New database
databasestorageactivitythis month
db_a91xproduction2.1 GB$5.80
db_7kq2preview-41296 MB$0.03
db_m30pclient-oslo140 MB$0.04
db_x2c8agent-task12 MB$0.01
pg.tallypg.com:5432 · tls verify-full
$ psql "postgresql://app_…:PASSWORD@pg.tallypg.com:5432/db_…?sslmode=verify-full"
db_=> create table todos (id serial primary key, title text);
CREATE TABLE
pgvectorpostgistriggerspg_trgmroles

Real PostgreSQL

Every database is a separate PostgreSQL database with its own role. Extensions, triggers, full SQL. Nothing proprietary in the way.

Always on

No sleeping, no cold starts, no “restoring project”. Your database answers the first query as fast as the thousandth.

Unlimited databases

One per app, per branch, per preview, per customer. Agencies and AI agents create hundreds. You pay for use, not for count.

Who it's for

Built for anyone who needs many small databases.

Agencies

One database per client

Isolated data for every customer, billed by what each one actually uses. Thirty client sites cost about $2 a month, not thirty plans.

Students & learners

Real Postgres for pennies

Learn on the same database you'll use at work. The $5 welcome credit covers a semester of coursework.

AI agents

Databases created by code

Agents spin up a database per task through the REST API, work in it, and delete it when done. No human in the loop, no idle bill.

Preview environments

A database per branch

Every pull request gets its own database from CI. Reviewers test against real data; the branch merges and the database goes away.

Indie hackers

Ship ten ideas, pay for one

Side projects sit idle most of the month. Here an idle database costs cents, so the ones that don't take off don't cost you anything meaningful.

Multi-tenant SaaS

Per-tenant isolation without the ops

Give each customer their own database and role instead of a shared schema. Onboard a tenant with one API call; offboard with another.

Latency

No cold starts, ever.

Serverless databases save money by switching your database off after a few idle minutes and switching it back on when the next request arrives. That first request waits. We never switch anything off, and it does not cost you extra.

Every database runs inside PostgreSQL that is never stopped. Connections are pooled at the edge of our network, so the first query is as fast as the thousandth.

TallyPG Scale-to-zero serverless Per-project plans
First query after idle Instant, always Hundreds of milliseconds to seconds while compute restarts Instant while the project is active; free projects pause after days of inactivity
Cost of staying always on Included, only storage is billed while idle Paid plans only, typically $15 to $20 per database per month for the smallest compute $25 per project per month
Many small databases Unlimited; 30 idle databases cost about $1 a month Project limits and per-database compute hours Each project is another plan
Idle database per month $0.03 for 100 MB $0 on free tiers, with pausing and caps $0 on free tiers, with pausing

Pricing

Three numbers. No tiers, no minimums, no surprises.

Usage is measured continuously and deducted from a prepaid balance that never expires.

Storage

$0.30 / GB-month

Measured hourly.

Database activity

$0.12 / hour of query execution

Plus $0.25 per million data reads and $0.10 per million transactions.

Network transfer

$0.09 / GB out

$0.09 per GB sent to your applications; data you send in is free.

Examples

Side project — 100 MB, a few queries a day

$0.03 / month

Small app — 2 GB, 30 h of queries, 20 GB out

about $6 / month

30 tiny databases for 30 clients

about $2 / month

Start with $5 of credit, then top up from $10 whenever you like. Optional auto-recharge keeps you from ever hitting zero.

How it works

From sign-up to connection string in seconds.

1

Create an account. You get $5 of credit to start.

2

Create a project and a database. You get a connection string within seconds.

3

Connect from anywhere with TLS, or restrict to your own IP ranges.

4

Watch storage, activity and transfer on the usage page. Rotate the password or delete the database whenever you want.

REST API

Everything in the dashboard is also in the REST API, so scripts and AI agents can create and delete databases on their own.

FAQ

Questions

Is it really PostgreSQL?

Yes, version 17. Standard wire protocol, standard SQL, standard tools.

What happens when my balance runs out?

Connections pause and your data is kept. Add credit and everything resumes automatically. Nothing is deleted.

How fast is it?

There is no wake-up. Latency is that of a normal PostgreSQL server in the same region as your endpoint.

Can I restrict who connects?

Yes. Allow from anywhere (with TLS and password) or only from the IPv4 and IPv6 ranges you list.

What about backups?

We keep nightly backups of the whole service for disaster recovery. Self-service restore per database is on the roadmap; export with pg_dump any time.

An idle database costs pennies a month.

Your first databases run on the $5 welcome credit.

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