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Vercel Postgres is now generally available for Hobby and Pro users

Vercel cuts database costs 55% on data transfer. Postgres now GA for Hobby and Pro—cold starts down to 100-200ms.

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Why it matters

Vercel's serverless Postgres GA reduces infrastructure costs for AI-adjacent developer workflows. Lower latency and pricing make it more viable for LLM-powered apps requiring persistent data layers, though this is a developer platform story rather than core AI.

The key facts

15 to know
  1. Cold start times: 100-200ms (improved during beta)

  2. Storage pricing: reduced 60% from $0.30/GB to $0.12/GB

  3. Data transfer pricing: reduced 55% from $0.20/GB to $0.09/GB

  4. Written data pricing: reduced 4% from $0.10/GB to $0.096/GB

  5. Hobby tier: 1 database free, then $1.00 per additional database

  6. Pro tier: 100 hours compute/month included, then $0.10/hour

  7. Billing start: October 19th, 2023

  8. Product status: General Availability (post-beta)

  9. Cold start times reduced to 100-200ms during beta

  10. Storage pricing reduced 60% from $0.30/GB to $0.12/GB

  11. Data transfer pricing reduced 55% from $0.20/GB to $0.09/GB

  12. Written data pricing reduced 4% from $0.10/GB to $0.096/GB

  13. GA launch for Hobby and Pro users on October 19, 2023

  14. 1 database included free, then $1.00 per additional database

  15. 100 compute hours/month included, then $0.10/hour overage

Go to the source

Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: , our serverless SQL database, is now available for Hobby and Pro users. Vercel Postgres During the beta period, we reduced cold start times to 100-200ms and fixed several bugs around handling connections. Usage prices have also been :lowered from the beta and Pro users have the following usage…
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