Xata Pricing Calculator

How Xata pricing works in 2026

Xata Standard uses hourly compute billing with scale-to-zero support. Compute instances range from Micro ($0.012/hr, 1 GB RAM) to XLarge ($0.192/hr, 16 GB RAM). Storage is $0.30/GB-month on NVMe (EBS pricing is listed as "coming soon"). There is no separate egress charge documented in Xata's public pricing.

Xata's standout feature is copy-on-write branching: you can create instant zero-copy database branches for development, staging, or testing without duplicating storage. Branches are independent Postgres databases — schema changes can be tested on a branch before being promoted to production.

Xata compute tiers

Micro (1 GB RAM, $0.012/hr ≈ $9/mo always-on), Small (2 GB RAM, $0.024/hr ≈ $17/mo), Medium (4 GB RAM, $0.048/hr ≈ $35/mo), Large (8 GB RAM, $0.096/hr ≈ $69/mo), XLarge (16 GB RAM, $0.192/hr ≈ $138/mo). All prices are at 720 hours/month (always-on). With scale-to-zero, active hours reduce the compute cost proportionally.

Xata pricing examples

Side project (Micro, 100 active hours, 2 GB storage): $0.012 × 100 + 2 × $0.30 = $1.80/month.

Startup SaaS (Small, always-on, 5 GB storage): $0.024 × 720 + 5 × $0.30 = $18.78/month.

Growing SaaS (Medium, always-on, 20 GB storage): $0.048 × 720 + 20 × $0.30 = $40.56/month.

What makes Xata different

Xata's branching model is a developer-experience differentiator. Most teams use a single shared staging database or duplicate the production database for testing — both are slow and error-prone. Xata's copy-on-write branches are instant and share storage with the parent, so you only pay for the delta. Built-in data anonymization lets you scrub PII automatically when creating a branch from production data.

The Standard plan includes a $100 trial credit for 14 days, making it easy to evaluate on a real workload before committing.

How this calculator works

The calculator selects the nearest Xata tier by RAM target, multiplies the hourly rate by active compute hours per month, and adds storage cost. Egress is not separately billed per Xata's public pricing. The estimate assumes a single primary instance — branches are additional.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Xata cost per month?

A Micro instance always-on runs about $9/month plus storage. With scale-to-zero at 100 active hours, the same instance costs about $1.20/month. There is no monthly minimum on the Standard plan.

Does Xata have a free plan?

Yes. Xata offers a free tier for development use, plus a $100 trial credit on the Standard plan for 14 days. The Standard plan has no free allowance after the trial, but the Micro instance is inexpensive enough for small projects.

Xata vs Neon — what's the difference?

Both offer serverless Postgres with scale-to-zero and hourly compute billing. Xata's advantage is copy-on-write branching and data anonymization. Neon's advantage is autoscaling within a session and a larger community. Pricing is similar at the Micro/0.25 CU tier; Neon's storage rate ($0.35/GB) is slightly higher than Xata's NVMe rate ($0.30/GB).

Does Xata support HA?

Xata does not document a standard HA (multi-node) offering in their public pricing. Data is durably stored, but for strict multi-AZ HA requirements, consider PlanetScale HA clusters or Supabase Pro.