AWS RDS for PostgreSQL

DB 4.6/10

db.t4g.micro: 2 vCPU (burstable), 1 GB RAM at $0.016/hr (~$11.50/mo, Single-AZ) + storage ($0.115-0.125/GB-mo gp3). CPU credits $0.075/vCPU-hr if baseline exceeded.

AWS RDS for PostgreSQL scores 4.6/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Paid — ~$11.50/mo (db.t4g.micro $0.016/hr). db.t4g.micro: 2 vCPU (burstable), 1 GB RAM at $0.016/hr (~$11.50/mo, Single-AZ) + storage ($0.115-0.125/GB-mo gp3). CPU credits $0.075/vCPU-hr if baseline exceeded.

Category DB Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.6 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.6/10

value = 4.6/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 1/10

value = 0 ×

fixed_log_v1

Operations 8.2/10

value = 8.2/100

policy_score_v1

Production fit 8/10

value = 8/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

0.001 GB Storage policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable included storage allowance is published in this item.

1 reads/mo Reads policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly read allowance is published in this item.

1 writes/mo Writes policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly write allowance is published in this item.

~$11.50/mo

$0.016/hr

1 GB RAM

What you get

Paid — ~$11.50/mo (db.t4g.micro $0.016/hr). db.t4g.micro: 2 vCPU (burstable), 1 GB RAM at $0.016/hr (~$11.50/mo, Single-AZ) + storage ($0.115-0.125/GB-mo gp3). CPU credits $0.075/vCPU-hr if baseline exceeded.

Cheapest entry to AWS-native RDS; reserved instances cut compute ~25% more — the default enterprise choice with Multi-AZ and read replicas

Sources

"The db.t4g.micro instance is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 1GB of memory starting at $0.016 per hour."
https://instances.vantage.sh/aws/rds/db.t4g.micro
"Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL T4g. CPU Credits are charged at $0.075 per vCPU-Hour."
https://aws.amazon.com/rds/postgresql/pricing/

paid value databases

Open service ← All DB