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Managed Redis pricing comparison for a 6 GB cache in us-east-1, single node: Selfhost.dev $68.49, AWS ElastiCache on Valkey $92.27, Azure Managed Redis $113.88, Google Memorystore $117.53, DigitalOcean $120.00, Redis Cloud $193.00, Upstash $200.00.
Cloud Database Costs

Managed Redis Pricing Comparison: $69 to $200, Verified

Ask seven managed Redis providers for a 6 GB cache and you get seven different answers: 6 GB, 6.38 GiB, […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Sep 20, 2026 22 mins read
Best open source CRM options for 2026: Odoo, SuiteCRM, EspoCRM, Twenty, Vtiger, Krayin, Frappe and Atomic
App Hosting

Best Open Source CRM 2026: What Each One Needs to Run

The best open source CRM for most teams is EspoCRM. It needs nothing beyond a database and PHP, and it […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Sep 14, 2026 18 mins read
Free PostgreSQL hosting cover graphic for Selfhost.dev's 2026 pricing comparison, dark green title card It describes what a sighted reader actually sees, carries the focus keyword once in a natural position, and does not pretend the image contains data it does not.
Cloud Database Costs

Free PostgreSQL Hosting: 6 Tiers, 6 Ways They Fail

Free PostgreSQL hosting tops out between 500 MB and 1 GB of storage. At 20 GB, the two cheapest paid […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Sep 5, 2026 22 mins read
Neon Alternatives 2026 cover image with a dark green gradient background and large Neon Alternatives title by Selfhost.dev.
Cloud Database Costs

9 Neon Alternatives: $79 to $195 for the Same Database

The nine Neon alternatives below run the same 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB Postgres database for anywhere between […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Sep 4, 2026 27 mins read
ClickHouse Managed Postgres pricing title card: $23.19 a month at beta pricing, on 1 vCPU, 8 GB RAM and 59 GB SSD. Exact focus keyword, and it describes what a screen reader user actually needs: the price and the configuration.
Cloud Database Costs

ClickHouse Managed Postgres Pricing: $23/mo, for Now

Verified on August, 2026 ClickHouse Managed Postgres costs $23.19 a month in ap-south-1 (Mumbai). Without the beta discount that same [&hell

Dr. Somya Hallan Aug 26, 2026 27 mins read
Supabase self hosting: the small Supabase stack beside the far larger operational work it brings, TLS, proxy, server OS, upgrades, backups and logs.
App Hosting

Supabase Self-Hosting 2026: The Real Cost Is Not the Server

Supabase self-hosting is easy to start and expensive to own, and most of what it costs you is not money. […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Aug 19, 2026 18 mins read
ClickHouse MCP tool counts compared: 3 tools for self-hosted or third-party ClickHouse, 13 for ClickHouse Cloud only, all read-only.
AI Database Operations

ClickHouse MCP: An Honest Look at the 3-Tool Limit

A ClickHouse MCP server lets an AI client query your ClickHouse in plain English. Every option available today is read-only, […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Aug 17, 2026 22 mins read
Clickhouse pricing comparison showing the monthly cost difference between a workload running 6 hours a day and 24/7
Cloud Database Costs

ClickHouse Pricing 2026: The Real Cost of Running It 24/7

ClickHouse Cloud’s Basic tier costs $66.52 a month at six active hours a day, and $186.27 a month at 24/7. […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Aug 10, 2026 20 mins read
Diagram explaining Supabase pricing with one organization sharing a single Pro subscription and pooled quotas while each project has its own compute cost.
Cloud Database Costs

Supabase Pricing 2026: What $25 Really Gets You

Supabase pricing runs from $0 to $599 a month before you touch a single usage meter, but neither of those […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Aug 6, 2026 23 mins read
Postgres to ClickHouse architecture showing PostgreSQL as the system of record, ClickHouse for analytical reads, and CDC or bulk load between them
Database Infra

Postgres to ClickHouse: 5 Proven Ways to Move or Sync Data

Most teams that move from Postgres to ClickHouse never actually leave Postgres. They split the workload: Postgres keeps the transactional [&

Dr. Somya Hallan Jul 30, 2026 18 mins read
Best Time-Series Database comparison for 2026 analyzing nine high-performance database engines
Database Infra

Best Time-Series Database in 2026: 9 Engines Ranked

There is no single best time-series database. For most teams, the answer is TimescaleDB if you want to stay in […]

Dr. Somya Hallan Jul 27, 2026 14 mins read
Best real-time analytics database comparison for 2026, including ClickHouse, Apache Pinot, Apache Druid, SingleStore, Tinybird, and TimescaleDB
Database Infra

Best Real-Time Analytics Database: The 2026 Shortlist

For most teams, the best database for real-time analytics is ClickHouse, a columnar OLAP engine built for sub-second aggregations on [&helli

Dr. Somya Hallan Jul 21, 2026 17 mins read
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