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# Xata pricing

Serverless Postgres with copy-on-write branches and scale-to-zero. Positioned as the cheapest pure-Postgres alternative to Neon and Supabase for cost-conscious teams. Distinctive for zero-copy branching (spinning up a dev branch of production data costs almost nothing). Restructured 2026 to pure pay-as-you-go pricing — no more $25/mo Pro subscription. Xata Cloud now bills purely on compute-hours ($0.012/hr micro instance minimum ~$9/mo always-on) + storage ($0.28/GB/mo). Open Source tier free (self-hosted). Popular with indie hackers, lean startups, and AI-agent platforms where every dollar of infra matters.

## Current entry price

**$9/month** billed monthly. **$9/month** billed annually.

**Usage-based pricing:** $0.012/hr per micro instance (~$9/mo always-on 24/7) + $0.28/GB/mo storage. Scale-to-zero + copy-on-write branching included. Larger instances scale from small $18/mo to 8xlarge $1,121/mo. Vendor's own calculator shows typical production workload at $300-400/mo (1TB storage + 5K dev branches).

## All tiers

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Key limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open Source | $0 | $0 | Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, community support, no branching/observability included |
| Xata Cloud | 9+ | 9+ | Fully managed, pay-as-you-go: $0.012/hr per micro instance ($9/mo always-on) + $0.28/GB/mo storage; scale-to-zero + branching included; SOC 2 + GDPR |
| BYOC | custom | custom | Your cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), 24/7 dedicated SE, SOC 2 + GDPR + BAA, priced as % of Xata managed cloud spend |

## Pricing model

- **Model:** Not specified
- **Key limit metric:** Not specified
- **Free plan:** Yes
- **Free trial:** No separate trial
- **Enterprise pricing:** Available (custom quote)
- **Native currency:** USD

## Verification

- **Last automated check:** 2026-08-12
- **Last manual verification:** 2026-08-12
- **Verification status:** Verified
- **Source:** https://xata.io/pricing

## Recommendation

In other words, Xata is worth it for developers building modern serverless apps that want Postgres + copy-on-write branching + scale-to-zero — particularly if you're spawning many dev branches or running per-tenant databases for AI agents. Xata Cloud is pure pay-as-you-go starting at $9/mo for a micro instance running 24/7; storage adds $0.28/GB/mo. Open Source self-hosted is free. Very easy setup for TypeScript/Next.js developers. Native integrations with Vercel, Netlify, and popular JS frameworks. Downside: 2026 shift to pure pay-as-you-go surprised legacy customers who liked the predictable $25 Pro subscription, and smaller ecosystem than Supabase/Neon.

## Alternative to consider

Need Postgres with scale-to-zero + a free tier? Pick Neon. Full BaaS (auth + storage + database)? Supabase. Predictable flat-fee Postgres for small production? Render or Fly.io.

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*Pricing data maintained by SaaS Price Hub. Human-readable page: [https://saaspricehub.io/tools/xata](https://saaspricehub.io/tools/xata). All prices in USD unless otherwise noted. This file is machine-readable and updated within 24 hours of any tracked price change.*