Pricing and What's Included
Flat monthly pricing, no binding, and a one-click prorated refund if you no longer need your instance. Here's how Nearbase pricing works and what's included.
One of the most common questions we’ve gotten since launch: how does pricing work?
The short version: flat monthly pricing, no binding, and if you no longer need an instance, one click gets you a prorated refund for the unused time.
Instance classes
You pick the CPU, memory, and storage that fits your workload. We offer three class families to cover the range:
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Economical — Entry-level instances. Good for side projects, staging environments, and apps with low or variable traffic. Not available in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, or Bangkok — use Basic there.
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Basic — General-purpose burstable instances. Balanced CPU and memory for typical web and API workloads, available in all 10 regions. This is what most teams run in production.
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Dedicated — Dedicated CPU with 8 GB of RAM per vCPU. For analytics, reporting, or any workload that needs consistent, predictable performance without sharing CPU with neighbors.
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High Availability — Multi-node deployments with automatic failover. Your data is replicated across multiple nodes so that if one goes down, traffic is rerouted with no manual intervention. For production workloads where uptime is non-negotiable.
All instances run the same PostgreSQL engine. The difference is compute allocation, isolation, and topology.
How billing works
Nearbase uses flat monthly pricing — one price per instance configuration, no per-query fees, no egress charges, no hidden costs. The price you see when creating an instance is the full monthly cost.
Your price is determined by three factors: instance class (CPU and memory), storage size, and region. Prices are consistent across regions.
New instances are charged for the first billing period upfront. No commitments, no lock-in. If you no longer need an instance, delete it in one click — you’ll receive a prorated credit for the unused portion of the billing period, returned to your account balance.
What every database includes
Every Nearbase database ships with:
- Fully managed PostgreSQL — patching, monitoring, failover handled for you
- Automated daily backups with point-in-time recovery
- TLS encryption in transit and at rest
- Monitoring dashboard — performance metrics, logs, and backup history
- Custom hostname —
{instance-id}.pg.nearbase.app
No fees for bandwidth within the region, number of queries, connections up to your instance limit, or email support.
Where to start
If you’re not sure, start with Basic. It covers the majority of production use cases and you can change class at any time. Use Economical for non-production environments to keep costs low. Move to Dedicated when you need predictable CPU for analytics or high-concurrency workloads. Choose High Availability when your production workload can’t tolerate downtime.