Database billing model

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How it works

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Monthly or by the hour

• Monthly (the default): each paid database is a monthly subscription. The first month is paid at checkout in the dashboard, or charged within seconds when created through the API, CLI or an AI assistant, from your account balance first, then your card.
• Pay-as-you-go: databases are billed by the hour from your account balance, up to the monthly price.

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The price

monthly price = plan
              + plan × high availability share   (70%, or 140% for MySQL and Kafka)
              + plan × read replicas             (PostgreSQL, each the same as the plan)
              + extra storage GB × $0.15

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Changes during the month

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When to use it

• Monthly for databases that run all the time: one predictable price.
• Pay-as-you-go (on request) for short-lived databases.

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Trade-offs

• A monthly database needs a card that can be charged automatically.
• Restoring into a new database creates a new, billed database.

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