Azure Database for PostgreSQL pricing
Enterprise-ready fully managed community PostgreSQL
- No upfront cost
- No termination fees
- Pay only for what you use
- Per-hour billing
Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a fully-managed database as a service with built-in capabilities, such as high availability and intelligence. You can continue to use languages & frameworks of your choice with no upfront costs. Pay only for what you use with reserved capacity pricing now available.
Reserved capacity pricing now available – save up to 60 percent compared to the regular pay-as-you-go payment options
Flexible and transparent pricing
Scale compute and storage independently based on your workload. Only pay for what you use.
Optimize your cost
Save up to 60% compared to pay-as-you-go options with reserved capacity.
Reduce total cost of ownership with burstable instances and Stop/Start capabilities so when the database is stopped, you only pay for storage.
Choice of deployment option
Meet your database management and customization needs with deployment options including Single Server, Flexible Server (Preview) and Hyperscale.
Explore all Azure Database for PostgreSQL pricing options
Find the deployment option and price that fits your workload
Flexible Server provides maximum control for your database with a simplified developer experience and is best for workloads that require:
- Custom maintenance windows and additional configuration parameters for database optimization
- Zone redundant high availability
- Stop/Start capabilities and burstable SKUs for cost optimization
Learn more about Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server (Preview)
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US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment, or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
Azure Germany is available to customers and partners who have already purchased this, doing business in the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and in the United Kingdom (UK). It provides data residency in Germany with additional levels of control and data protection. You can also sign up for a free Azure trial.
Burstable
Workloads with flexible compute requirements.
Burstable
| Instance | vCores | Memory | Pay as you go |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1MS | 1 | 2 GiB | $- |
| B2S | 2 | 4 GiB | $- |
Storage
You are charged for the storage that you provision for your server. Storage can be provisioned up to 16 TB
| Price | |
|---|---|
| GB/month | $- |
Backup Storage
Backup storage is the storage associated with automated backups of your server. Increasing your backup retention period increases the backup storage that is consumed by your server. There is no additional charge for backup storage for up to 100% of your total provisioned server storage. Additional consumption of backup storage will be charged in GB/month.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| GB/month | $- |
General Purpose
Most business workloads requiring balanced compute and memory with scalable I/O throughput.
General Purpose
| Instance | vCores | Memory | Pay as you go |
|---|---|---|---|
| D2 v3 | 2 | 8 GiB | $- |
| D4 v3 | 4 | 16 GiB | $- |
| D8 v3 | 8 | 32 GiB | $- |
| D16 v3 | 16 | 64 GiB | $- |
| D32 v3 | 32 | 128 GiB | $- |
| D48 v3 | 48 | 192 GiB | $- |
| D64 v3 | 64 | 256 GiB | $- |
Storage
You are charged for the storage that you provision for your server. Storage can be provisioned up to 16 TB
| Price | |
|---|---|
| GB/month | $- |
Backup Storage
Backup storage is the storage associated with automated backups of your server. Increasing your backup retention period increases the backup storage that is consumed by your server. There is no additional charge for backup storage for up to 100% of your total provisioned server storage. Additional consumption of backup storage will be charged in GB/month.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| GB/month | $- |
Memory Optimized
High performance database workloads requiring in-memory performance for faster transaction processing and higher concurrency.
Memory Optimized
| Instance | vCores | Memory | Pay as you go |
|---|---|---|---|
| E2 v3 | 2 | 16 GiB | $- |
| E4 v3 | 4 | 32 GiB | $- |
| E8 v3 | 8 | 64 GiB | $- |
| E16 v3 | 16 | 128 GiB | $- |
| E32 v3 | 32 | 256 GiB | $- |
| E48 v3 | 48 | 384 GiB | $- |
| E64 v3 | 64 | 432 GiB | $- |
Storage
You are charged for the storage that you provision for your server. Storage can be provisioned up to 16 TB
| Price | |
|---|---|
| GB/month | $- |
Backup Storage
Backup storage is the storage associated with automated backups of your server. Increasing your backup retention period increases the backup storage that is consumed by your server. There is no additional charge for backup storage for up to 100% of your total provisioned server storage. Additional consumption of backup storage will be charged in GB/month.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| GB/month | $- |
FAQ
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Flexible Server is billed on a predictable, hourly rate. You are billed for the compute and storage you provision and the backup storage you consume. On your bill, you will see a separate line item for compute, storage, and backup storage. Compute is billed per vCore-hour. Storage and backup storage are billed per GB-month.
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Zone redundant HA servers have a primary and secondary replica. You are billed for the provisioned compute and storage for both the primary and secondary replica. For example, if you have a primary with 4 vCores of compute and 512 GB of provisioned storage, your secondary replica will also have 4 vCores and 512 GB of provisioned storage. Your zone redundant HA server will be billed for 8 vCores and 1,024 GB of storage. Depending on your backup storage volume, you may also be billed for backup storage.
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Backup storage is the storage associated with automated backups of your server, including data and log backups. Increasing your backup retention period increases the backup storage that is consumed by your server. There is no additional charge for backup storage for up to 100% of your total provisioned storage for your primary server. Additional consumption of backup storage will be charged in GB-month. For example, if your primary server has a storage size of 512 GBs, you will get 512 GBs of backup at no additional cost. However, if the backup is 612 GBs, you will pay for the incremental 100 GBs.
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You are billed for each full hour that your server exists regardless of whether the server was active for the full hour. If you have scaled up your database, you will be billed for the higher number of vCores used within the hour. If you have switched between two compute tiers, you will be billed for the higher priced compute tier. For example:
- If you create a server and delete it after five minutes, you are charged for one full hour for the provisioned compute and storage.
- If you create a server with 8 vCores of General Purpose compute and then immediately scale up to 16 vCores of General Purpose compute, you are charged for 16 vCores of General Purpose compute for the first hour.
- If you create a server with General Purpose compute with 8 vCores and then immediately upgrade it to Memory Optimized compute with 8 vCores, you are charged for 8 vCores Memory Optimized compute for the first hour.
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While your server is stopped, you will only be billed for the storage you have provisioned and any backup storage you consume that exceed 100% of your primary provisioned storage volume. While your server is stopped, you will not be billed for compute.
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Yes. Standard networking charges apply for network egress. Refer here for more details.
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