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.
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 knowCold start times: 100-200ms (improved during beta)
Storage pricing: reduced 60% from $0.30/GB to $0.12/GB
Data transfer pricing: reduced 55% from $0.20/GB to $0.09/GB
Written data pricing: reduced 4% from $0.10/GB to $0.096/GB
Hobby tier: 1 database free, then $1.00 per additional database
Pro tier: 100 hours compute/month included, then $0.10/hour
Billing start: October 19th, 2023
Product status: General Availability (post-beta)
Cold start times reduced to 100-200ms during beta
Storage pricing reduced 60% from $0.30/GB to $0.12/GB
Data transfer pricing reduced 55% from $0.20/GB to $0.09/GB
Written data pricing reduced 4% from $0.10/GB to $0.096/GB
GA launch for Hobby and Pro users on October 19, 2023
1 database included free, then $1.00 per additional database
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…