Prisma Postgres

DB 3.5/10

Hosted Postgres built on unikernels integrated with Prisma ORM, free tier with 500MB storage and 5 databases, no credit card.

Prisma Postgres scores 3.5/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Free: 100,000 operations/month included, 500 MB storage, 50 databases, no credit card required.

Category DB Kind Managed serverless PostgreSQL Caveats Operation-based metering; the 100k ops/month free quota is modest and tied to Prisma's pricing model. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

3.5 / 10

Show the math

Overall 3.5/10

value = 3.5/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 1.4/10

value = 0.15 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Operations 4.2/10

value = 4.2/100

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Production fit 7.6/10

value = 7.6/100

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Key metrics

0.5 GB Storage

100K reads/mo Reads

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

∞ Egress

0 hr/mo Compute no compute cap

50 DB Databases

What you get

Verified free plan: 500MB storage, 50 databases, no card

100,000 operations per month included free

Built on unikernels running on bare metal

Native Prisma ORM integration

Limitations

100,000 operations/month

All Prisma ORM queries count as operations; the free tier resets at 100,000 per month across all databases in the account.
50 databases max

The free plan is capped at 50 databases total in the account (all quotas are shared across databases).
500 MB storage cap

Total storage across all free-tier databases is capped at 500 MB with no overage allowed on the free plan.
No backups on free tier

Daily backups are not included on the free plan; backup retention is only available from the Starter plan ($10/mo) upward.
No cache tag invalidations

Global cache tag invalidations are not available on the free or Starter tier; only available on Pro and above.
Pooled connections capped at 10

Free tier allows only 10 pooled connections and 10 direct connections, versus 100/500/1000 on paid tiers.
Community support only

Free tier users receive community support only; standard and premium support require Starter or Pro plans.
GDPR compliance only

Free tier is GDPR-compliant but excludes HIPAA, SOC2, and ISO:27001 compliance available on higher plans.
Cache purge capped at 5/hour

Cache purge requests are limited to 5 per hour on the free plan, shared across all databases.
Shared/unikernel infrastructure

Free tier runs on shared bare-metal unikernel infrastructure with no SLA guarantees unlike paid plans.

Sources

"Free ... $0 / month ... Prisma Postgres * 100,000 operations* included * 500 MB storage * 50 databases * No credit card required"
https://www.prisma.io/pricing
"| Connection limit (pooled) | 10 | 100 | 500 | 1000 | ... | Cache purge requests | 5 per hour | 5 per hour | 10 per hour | 20 per hour |"
https://www.prisma.io/pricing
"Connection limits | Free | Starter | Pro | Business | Pooled connections | 50 | 50 | 250 | 500 | Direct connections | 10 | 10 | 50 | 100 ... 5 direct connections are reserved for platform operations ... Idle pooled connections are closed after 60 minutes ... Queries are limited to 10 minutes."
https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/connection-pooling
"Prisma's community is massive with 375,000 active monthly developers and more than 8 million monthly downloads of the library on NPM."
https://about.scarf.sh/post/prisma-validating-enterprise-adoption-through-open-source-engagement

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