Prisma Postgres free tier: the verified facts
Last verified: 2026-10-06· official pricing page
FREE TIER EXISTS NO CARD NEEDED
Serverless Postgres billed per operation — free forever, but every query counts.
Current limits
| What | Limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | 1.01 GB | |
| Operations | 200,000/month | 1 query = 1 operation; hard stop, no overage |
| Databases | Up to 50 | |
| Connections | 10 pooled / 10 direct | 60 min idle timeout on pool |
| Data transfer | Unlimited | |
| Backups | NONE on free | Daily backups start at $10/month Starter |
Gotchas that bite people
No backups whatsoever on the free plan — a dropped table is gone
Operation-based billing counts EVERY query including cached reads — a chatty ORM burns 200K operations fast
Hard stop at the operations cap — no overage, your app stops querying until next month
Accelerate cache product retires December 1, 2026 — avoid building on it
Notes for developers in India
Regions not listed on pricing page — unverified. Test latency before committing.
Outgrowing the free tier?
When the limits above stop being enough, see our comparison guides for the cheapest reliable upgrade paths — including options with India regions.