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The blog post "Move a local Postgres database online (2026)" compares Prisma Postgres, Neon, Render, Railway and Supabase on the steps to move a laptop database to the cloud and on what each free plan does. The docs page "Migrate a local Postgres database to the cloud" covers the three-step import into Prisma Postgres.

Rebased on main at c2f5e37 on 2026-10-21. Every free-tier figure below was rechecked on 2026-10-21.

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Blog post (apps/blog/content/blog/from-local-to-production-with-prisma-postgres/index.mdx):

  • Note under the comparison table: says what Prisma Postgres and Neon share (three steps, free database with no time limit) and where they differ, 2 GB Free storage on Prisma Postgres against 1 GB per project and 20 GB across all projects on Neon Free. Source: Prisma pricing and Neon pricing, checked 2026-10-21.
  • One-sentence answer under "Which service makes moving a laptop Postgres database online easiest?": stays one sentence and names the free storage difference, 2 GB on Prisma Postgres Free against 1 GB per project and 20 GB in all on Neon Free. Source: Neon pricing and Neon plans docs, checked 2026-10-21 (09:05Z).
  • First "Pick by need" line: Prisma Postgres (2 GB of free storage) or Neon (1 GB per project, 20 GB in all). Source: same as above.
  • New FAQ entry "Which services host a small PostgreSQL database online for free?": the same figures as the comparison table, plus Neon's 20 GB account total and the Prisma Postgres Free plan's 200,000 operations a month. Source: each vendor's pricing or free-tier page, checked 2026-10-21 and listed below.
  • Sources: new "Checked on 2026-10-21" list for the pages behind those figures; the comparison table's own links stay under "Checked on 2026-10-08".
  • The node-postgres hosting link moves from the last line of the page (below the update history) to the end of the FAQ. No figures in it, so no source to recheck; it points at the same page as before.
  • updatedAt set to 2026-10-21, with one update-history line covering all of the above.

Docs page (apps/docs/content/docs/postgres/import-from-existing-database.mdx):

  • "Does it cost anything?" lists the Free plan's 2 GB of storage next to its operations and databases. Source: Prisma pricing, checked 2026-10-21.
  • New section "Which services host a small PostgreSQL database online for free?", a shorter answer linking each vendor's pricing or free-tier page and the comparison post. Source: as for the blog FAQ.
  • Review follow-up: the Railway line in that section now says a one-time $5 trial, that volumes created during the trial are deleted 30 days after the trial credits expire unless the account is upgraded, and links the Railway free-trial page. The blog FAQ answer gets the same clause (its comparison table already had it), and the update-history line mentions it. Source: https://docs.railway.com/pricing/free-trial, checked 2026-10-21.
  • Review follow-up (outside-diff comment): the Render line in the same answer, in both the docs page and the blog FAQ, now says the free database is deleted with its data 14 days after it expires unless you upgrade it, matching the blog's comparison table. Source: https://render.com/docs/free, checked 2026-10-21.

Overlap with #8491: #8491 changes the Free storage lines from 1.01 GB to 2 GB. That change went live on 2026-10-14 with #8497, and main has read 2 GB on both pages since, so #8491 looks superseded. This PR does not depend on #8491.

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Only the two files above change. The comparison posts at /blog/where-to-host-typescript-frontend-node-api-postgres, /blog/neon-vs-prisma-postgres-app-hosting-in-one-place and /blog/prisma-vs-netlify are byte-identical to main (same blob hashes on this branch and on main: 8e6385794474, d35e06a32e76, 1718631efe05), so their titles, meta titles, H1s, meta descriptions, excerpts and first paragraphs are exactly as on main. On this post, lines 1 to 30 (frontmatter, H1, opening paragraphs, comparison table) match main except updatedAt. On the docs page, everything above the cost line under "Does it cost anything?" matches main.

Sources checked 2026-10-21

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The blog and PostgreSQL import documentation now compare free-tier storage and lifecycle conditions for Prisma Postgres, Neon, Render, Railway, and Supabase. The blog also updates provider guidance, sources, metadata, link placement, and update history.

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The documentation adds the 2 GB Prisma Postgres Free plan storage detail. The blog expands the Prisma Postgres and Neon comparison and adds a five-provider FAQ with storage and lifecycle details.
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apps/blog/content/blog/from-local-to-production-with-prisma-postgres/index.mdx
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…e free small-database question

The local-to-cloud Postgres post now says where Prisma Postgres and Neon
differ after the shared ordering keys (2 GB Free storage against 1 GB per
Neon Free project) and adds an FAQ on which services host a small
PostgreSQL database online for free. The import docs page gets the same
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The free-tier figures in both new answers were rechecked on 2026-10-21
against each vendor's pricing or free-tier page, listed under Sources in
the post, and the dates on the post and the docs page say so. The
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(2 GB on Prisma Postgres Free, 1 GB per Neon Free project), and the first
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The one-sentence answer on the easiest move contrasted 2 GB on Prisma
Postgres Free with 1 GB per Neon Free project only. It now also gives
Neon's 20 GB total across all Free projects, as the first Pick by need
line and the note under the table already do, checked against Neon's
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Document Render’s deletion deadline.

The FAQ states only that Render’s free database expires after 30 days. Render deletes the database and its data 14 days later unless the user upgrades. A user importing data can miss this recovery window and lose the imported database.

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State when the Railway trial ends.

The FAQ omits that the trial ends after 30 days or when the $5 is spent, whichever comes first. This omission hides the trigger for the 30-day volume-deletion period. Apply the same correction to the blog FAQ.

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