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Neon pricing guide showing how Neon pricing works with compute, storage, branches, PITR, and usage-based billing that determines the monthly database cost.
Cloud Database Costs

Neon Pricing: The Honest Cost of Serverless Postgres

Neon can cost $3 a month, or $680 a month, for the same-sized database. The difference isn’t your data, it’s …

Dr. Somya Hallan Jun 25, 2026 25 mins read
AWS RDS cost breakdown illustration showing the seven billing meters including compute, storage, provisioned IOPS, Multi-AZ, snapshot storage, data transfer, and monitoring costs.
Cloud Database Costs

AWS RDS Cost (2026): A Complete Breakdown of Every Charge

Verified August 2026 AWS RDS cost in 2026 ranges from roughly $15/month for a single-AZ db.t3.micro to $2,750+/month for production-grade …

Dr. Somya Hallan May 21, 2026 51 mins read
AWS RDS vs Hetzner Cloud cost comparison for production Postgres in 2026 showing $3,150/month on AWS RDS vs $835/month on Hetzner Cloud with 73% lower cost
Cloud Database Costs

AWS RDS vs Hetzner Cloud Cost: $3,150 vs $835 (2026)

If you’ve been priced out of managed Postgres on AWS RDS, you’re not the only one. Every other week, another …

Dr. Somya Hallan May 13, 2026 15 mins read
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