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PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases

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231 points ryanvogel | 3 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.493s | source
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lateforwork ◴[31 Oct 25 02:23 UTC] No.45767674[source]▶
Databricks Neon [1] has a free tier for their Postgres service. Neon's strength that allows them to offer a free tier lies in their serverless, cloud-native PostgreSQL architecture with a separation of storage and compute resources. This allows Neon to scale compute to zero automatically when the database is idle.

[1] https://neon.com

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1. JustSkyfall ◴[31 Oct 25 07:32 UTC] No.45769260[source]▶
They’re pretty infamous for having constant outages and downtime, wouldn’t recommend for something serious
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2. lateforwork ◴[31 Oct 25 09:37 UTC] No.45770049[source]▶
I am yet to experience an outage, and I have been using for several months.
3. joshstrange ◴[31 Oct 25 11:19 UTC] No.45770783[source]▶
I’m not saying that can’t or doesn’t happen but I’ve been using them for about 2 years now and never experienced it. To be fair, my traffic patterns could just not overlap with their outages but wanted to add a data point.