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Updated October 11, 2026 Every Raff account can run one free database, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Valkey, with no card and no time limit. It is a real managed database on the same platform as paid ones, sized for trying Raff, side projects and development.

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How it works

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What it includes

Not included: high availability, read replicas, extra storage, point-in-time restore, restoring into a new database.

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Pausing after 7 idle days

A free database that has had no connections for 7 days is paused. The data is kept; nothing is deleted.
  • Raff emails you 2 days before it pauses, and when it pauses.
  • Resume it from the database’s page or the list. It is back in about a minute, with the same address and password.
  • A paused database stays paused until you resume it. Raff emails reminders and keeps it at least 90 days.

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Upgrading

Click Upgrade plan in Settings and pick any paid plan of the same engine. The data, address and password stay; the database becomes a normal paid database and can then grow, add high availability and use every feature.

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When to use it

  • Trying Raff, learning, prototypes, side projects.
  • Development and preview environments that sleep when nobody uses them.

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Trade-offs

  • One per account. To create another, upgrade or delete the free one.
  • Storage is fixed at 2 GB; at 95% PostgreSQL and MySQL become read-only.
  • Not meant for production: no failover and no restore into a copy.

Create a database

The free plan is preselected when you have none.

Pricing

Paid plans from $7.99 a month.
Last modified on October 11, 2026