Managed Service for PostgreSQL pricing policy

In this section, you can find the Managed Service for PostgreSQL pricing policy and effective prices for its resources.

Prices for service products are also available in the Price list.

Cluster statusCluster status

Pricing is applied differently depending on the cluster status:

• For a Running cluster, you are charged both for the computing resources and the size of storage and backup.
• For a Stopped cluster, you are only charged for the storage and backup size.

What goes into the cost of using Managed Service for PostgreSQLWhat goes into the cost of using Managed Service for PostgreSQL

The Managed Service for PostgreSQL usage cost is based on:

• Storage type and size (disk space).

• The computing resources allocated to the hosts in the cluster.

• Settings and number of backups.

• Outgoing traffic from Yandex Cloud to the internet.

In all calculations: 1 GB = 2³⁰ bytes, 1 MB = 2²⁰ bytes.

DB host usageDB host usage

Host operation cost is charged per hour based on host class. You can find detailed class specifications in the Host classes section.

The minimum billing unit is one minute (for example, 1.5 minutes of host operation cost the same as 2 minutes). You do not pay for the time when the PostgreSQL host is unable to perform its main functions.

Disk space usageDisk space usage

You pay for the following:

• Storage allocated for DB clusters.

  • You can only order local SSD storage (local-ssd) for clusters with three or more hosts:

    • For Intel Broadwell and Intel Cascade Lake: In increments of 100 GB.
    • For Intel Ice Lake: In increments of 368 GB.

  • You can only order non-replicated SSD storage (network-ssd-nonreplicated) in 93 GB increments for clusters with three or more broker hosts.

• Space used by DB backups in excess of the storage amount specified for the cluster.

  Note

  The cluster's storage size is equal to the total storage size of all of its hosts.

  • Backups are stored free of charge as long as the combined size of the DB and all backups is smaller than the selected storage size.

  • When performing automatic backups, Managed Service for PostgreSQL does not create a new copy but saves the data changed from the previous backup. It means the storage space used by automatic backups only increases in proportion to the volume of changes.

  • Adding hosts increases the cluster's total storage size and, consequently, the free volume of backups.

The price covers one month of use based on 720 hours per month. The minimum billing unit is 1 GB per minute (for example, storing 1 GB for 1.5 minutes costs the same as storing 1 GB for 2 minutes).

Example of cluster cost calculationExample of cluster cost calculation

The cost of using a cluster with the following parameters for 30 days:

• PostgreSQL hosts: Three s3-c2-m8 hosts: Intel Ice Lake, 2 × 100% vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
• Storage: 100 GB of network HDD storage.

Cost calculation for PostgreSQL hosts:

Calculation for the storage cost and total cost:

Discount for committed volumes of services (CVoS)Discount for committed volumes of services (CVoS)

You can get a guaranteed discount on service resource usage when you plan for six months or one year ahead. To see the resources you can get a discount on:

1. Go to Yandex Cloud Billing.
2. Click on the desired billing account.
3. Select Committed volume in the left-hand menu.

A CVoS guarantees a discount on consumption but does not guarantee the availability of the resources you order. Read more about CVoS in the Yandex Cloud Billing documentation.

Managed Service for PostgreSQL provides two types of CVoS: on vCPUs and on RAM for the hosts you are planning to use in your DB clusters. In the management console, you can see how much you can potentially save with CVoS at the current consumption level. You can also forecast your monthly payments for the required number of vCPUs and RAM.

Prices for the Russia regionPrices for the Russia region

All prices below include VAT.

The monthly usage rate is based on 720 hours a month.

Host computing resourcesHost computing resources

Prices per hourPrices per hour

Prices per monthPrices per month

Storage and backupsStorage and backups

Pricing for backup storage has the following specifics:

• Backups are stored free of charge as long as the combined size of the database and all backups is less than the total storage size.

• Adding a host increases the total cost per cluster. However, expenses for storing backups beyond the storage size will be lower due to the increased total storage size.

• To reduce expenses for storing backups beyond the storage size:

  • Reduce the retention period of automatic backups in the advanced settings.
  • Delete backups created manually.

• The total backup size is a sum of data copy and WAL sizes. The size of WAL data depends on the amount of made changes and is comparable to the backup size. You can get both values with a list of backups.

Outgoing trafficOutgoing traffic

When using the service, you pay for traffic from Yandex Cloud to the internet. Traffic between internal IP addresses of Yandex Cloud services and incoming internet traffic is free.

The first 100 GB of outgoing traffic are provided free of charge every month.

The minimum billing unit is 1 MB.