Postgres hosting — compare pricing, reliability & setup
Generated 2026-11-02 01:10 UTC · JSON
For small production database, the current pick is Railway (score 68.5). $6.35/mo at 10 storage_gb.
Ranking — Small production database
| Vendor | Score | 10/mo | 100/mo | 1k/mo | Free | Agent-friction | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway | 68.5 | $6.35 | $19.85 | $154.85 | no | 90 | 2026-11-01 |
| Neon | 56.61 | $19 | $50.50 | $365.50 | no | 100 | 2026-11-01 |
| Amazon RDS for Postgres | 51.89 | $12.83 | $23.18 | $126.68 | no | 35 | 2026-11-01 |
| Supabase | 48.5 | $25.25 | $36.50 | $149 | yes | 100 | 2026-11-01 |
| Crunchy Bridge | 47.95 | $9 | — | — | no | 55 | 2026-11-01 |
Agent-friction — can a service be set up without a human?
Each check and its weight is published; the column total is the 0–100 agent-friction score.
| Check | Railway | Neon | Amazon RDS for Postgres | Supabase | Crunchy Bridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test credentials without a credit card (20) | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × |
| Sandbox or test mode (15) | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × |
| Setup with no human-only steps (15) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official CLI (10) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official MCP server (10) | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | × |
| Markdown docs, current with the SDK (10) | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Typed SDK for main languages (10) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Error messages that name the fix (10) | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Score | 90 | 100 | 35 | 100 | 55 |
How this category is scored
Per use case, weights published in the data: fit 25% · cost 20% · integration 20% · agent_friction 15% · health 10% · lock_in 10%. Affiliate status is never an input.