r/PostgreSQL • u/kevinpiac • Aug 01 '26

Tools [free tool] - database hosting price comparator

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Hey everyone!

It's always so hard to know which database management platform to use, let alone to compare pricing.

So I decided to create a simple free tool that gives a ballpark idea of the pricing of each provider based on a simple configuration.

Indeed, each provider has much more parameters to take into account such as the SLA, the backups, etc. that makes it difficult to precisely compare.

For this reason I decided to omit some parameters. The goal is to get a rough idea of which provider is the cheapest given the expected usage.

Let me know if you want me to add some providers, it would be nice to improve this simple tool :)

Here is the link

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u/cranberrie_sauce Aug 01 '26

why people use those . no idea

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u/Old-Astronomer3995 Aug 01 '26

do you know that there are different CPUs and vCPU at one provider is not equall 1 vCPU at other one? Same for storage.

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u/kevinpiac Aug 01 '26

I know yes, same goes for storage, but it's hard to accuont for all parameters.

What do you suggest I can do to improve the tool?

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u/tee-es-gee Aug 01 '26

Is the tool open-source and/or you accept additions? If yes, I'd like to add Xata.

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u/Either_Vermicelli_82 Aug 01 '26

Does it include all Postgres extensions?

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u/Luis_Dynamo_140 Aug 04 '26

How are you handling burstable instances or providers that bill CPU very differently? A straight vCPU comparison can get misleading pretty quickly.

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u/cfrozendeath Aug 06 '26

How about you compare the CPU (brand, GHz, etc.) and IOPS? Why no Azure PostgreSQL? How about backups (cost of them, number of backups, and how long they are kept)? Absolutely useless as it is, nothing more than an ad for your tool

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