Nhost

What it is for

Nhost is a hosted Postgres + GraphQL desk: you open Database, and Starter is $0 / month. Use it when the job is tables, auth, and storage you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Nhost Database table (public.customers, rows for Frederico Almeida / John Smith, Create a New Table cities) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The rows themselves are ops of Database. Nhost Cloud bills a monthly tile + usage meters, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Database — a Postgres table you browse and insert (cover still; docs; pricing). One table. Cover customers / cities and the two people rows sit here. Starter prints 1 GB; Pro 10 GB then $0.20 / GB.
• Auth — users, OAuth, WebAuthn, magic link, 2FA (pricing Authentication). A user, not a table. Unlimited users print on Starter / Pro / Team.
• Storage — a file bucket with permissions (pricing Storage). A file, not a user. Starter 1 GB; Pro 50 GB then $0.05 / GB.
• Functions — a serverless function you deploy (pricing Functions). A function, not a file. Starter 10 functions / 1 GB-hour; Pro 50 then $5 per 50 and $0.18 / GB-hour.
• GraphQL / realtime — Hasura subscriptions, event triggers, and role rules on the same project (pricing Hasura GraphQL). An API, not a function. Advanced GraphQL features print on Team.

The CLI / IaC is install. Starter / Pro / Team tiles and egress meters are the meter. Project pause after one inactive week is an option of Starter, not a sixth desk.

Who it's for

Best fit: app teams who will stay on Starter at $0 / month (1 project, 1 GB database) while they open a first customers table, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they want backups, 10 GB Postgres, and email support.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from nhost.io/pricing. Tiles print Starter $0 / month / Pro from $25 / month / Team from $599 / month / Enterprise Contact us.

• Starter — $0 / month. Free forever. 1 project. Project paused after 1 week of inactivity. 1 GB database. 1 GB storage. 5 GB egress. Functions, realtime APIs, IaC, unlimited users, OAuth, community support.
• Pro — from $25 / month. $15 compute credits included. 10 GB database then $0.20 / GB. 50 GB storage then $0.05 / GB. 50 GB egress then $0.10 / GB. Automated backups. Point-in-time recovery starts at $100 (7 days). Managed Grafana. Email support.
• Team — from $599 / month. $15 compute credits included. SOC 2 Type II. Email support SLA. Dedicated Discord. Connect external databases. Advanced GraphQL.
• Enterprise — Contact us. Dedicated clusters as add-on. Do not invent an Enterprise dollar.

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Limitations / costs

• Starter $0 pauses the project after one inactive week. A production weekend still wants Pro at $25 / month.
• Pro $25 is a starting tile. Database above 10 GB invoices $0.20 / GB; PITR starts at $100.
• A BaaS desk, not a notebook. For Convex’s realtime app cloud see Convex. For Neon’s $0 Postgres see Neon.

Alternatives

• Appwrite — self-hostable BaaS when you want Appwrite’s $0 tile, not Nhost’s Hasura GraphQL.
• Convex — a realtime app cloud when the job is Convex functions, not a Postgres table.
• Neon — serverless Postgres when you do not want Auth + Storage on the same tile.

Official tutorial

Official nhost channel. The public channel page we fetched did not expose a first-party watch URL we could oEmbed — do not embed a third-party Draxlr or SvelteKit lesson. The customers table still is the cover.

Written path: nhost.io/pricing plus the Database still.

Website

https://nhost.io

Repository

https://github.com/nhost/nhost

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Nhost Database table from the docs still. Dollars checked on nhost.io/pricing (Starter $0/mo; Pro from $25/mo; Team from $599/mo; PITR from $100). Official YouTube channel: nhost (no oEmbed watch URL on the channel page we fetched).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.