Where can you get managed PostgreSQL at a flat price?
On a database pack: you pick PostgreSQL and a size, pay one monthly price, and get a connection string as soon as the database is ready. The price does not change with queries, rows or connections, because the pack is a fixed amount of CPU, memory and disk that only your database uses. Your app reaches it over a private link when both are on Hostwares, or over the public connection string from anywhere else.
Step by step
- 1
Create the database
Dashboard → Databases → New: choose PostgreSQL, a pack and a name. The order creates an invoice and the database starts once it is paid.
From an agent over MCP
create_database → price + approval link, then get_database_status until it is running - 2
Copy the connection string
The database page shows the host, port, user, password and a ready DATABASE_URL. Agents read the same with db_connection_info.
- 3
Connect your app
Set DATABASE_URL on the site's Environment tab (set_env over MCP). If the site is on Hostwares, create a private link so traffic between the two stays off the public internet.
Check it from the agent
verify_db_connection → connects and reports what it found - 4
Move existing data in
Dump the old database with pg_dump and load it with pg_restore, using the new connection string. Run it from your computer or from the site's terminal.
Dump and restore
pg_dump --no-owner --format=custom "$OLD_URL" -f app.dump pg_restore --no-owner --dbname "$DATABASE_URL" app.dump - 5
Take a restore point before changes
Use Backups on the database page (create_backup over MCP) before a migration or a risky change, and keep your own pg_dump export for anything you cannot afford to lose.
What it costs
- A database pack from $10/mo, flat for the term.
- No charge per query, row, connection or gigabyte transferred.
- The app that uses it: a Frontend pack from $1/mo.
App
$1/mo
Starter Frontend pack, 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 10 GB
Database, users and files
$5/mo
Smallest dedicated Supabase pack; several projects fit on one
Questions
Is the database shared with other customers?+
No. A pack is one database server with its own CPU, memory and disk.
Can I connect from outside Hostwares?+
Yes. The connection string works from any host, your laptop or a CI job. A private link is an extra for apps that also run here.
Which PostgreSQL tools work?+
Anything that speaks the PostgreSQL protocol: psql, pg_dump, Prisma, Drizzle, pgAdmin, TablePlus and the rest.
How do backups work?+
You take restore points from the Backups tab or over MCP, and you can always export with pg_dump. Keep your own copy of anything critical.
Can an AI agent manage it?+
Yes. Over MCP an agent can create the database, read the connection details, check that it answers and take a restore point, with your approval on anything that costs money.
What does it cost?+
From $10/mo for the pack, and that is the whole bill for the database.