Managed Postgres is priced in more ways than almost any other cloud product. Some providers sell a fixed instance with storage on top, some include storage up to a cap, one meters memory by the hour, and one wraps the database in a $25 platform plan. That makes two quotes hard to compare at a glance. This post prices the same two databases on eight providers, using list prices read from each provider's pricing page on 2026-10-13. The numbers match our managed Postgres cost calculator , where you can try any size.

TL;DR

For a small database (1 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage), monthly prices run from $9 on Heroku Essential-1 to about $41 on Fly.io Managed Postgres.…