Every feature, with no per-branch fees. You pay your cloud provider for the machines and storage you use.
under $1M annual revenue
The full platform in your own account, with a free license key.
over $1M annual revenue
For larger organizations that need guarantees.
pricing at launch
The same platform, run by us. A connection string and a console, nothing to operate. Leave your email and we will tell you when it opens.
| Capability | SkelaDB | Neon | Aurora Serverless v2 | Amazon RDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs in your cloud account | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Instant branches | Yes, no per-branch fee, in the default object storage mode | 10 to 25 included, then $1.50 each | No, clones are new clusters | No, restore a snapshot |
| Scale to zero | Yes, wakes in under 2 s, or about 9 ms from pause | Yes | After 5 minutes idle, resumes in about 15 s | No |
| Built-in MCP server for agents | Yes, downloadable binary | Yes | No | No |
| Storage per GB-month | Your object storage rate | $0.35 | $0.10 plus I/O | $0.115 |
| History and restore | Any second in retention | 7 to 30 days | New cluster per restore | Snapshot restore |
| Postgres | PostgreSQL 18, four small patches | Neon fork | Aurora fork | PostgreSQL |
Competitor list prices read 2026-09-03 from neon.com/pricing and aws.amazon.com.
Yes, for organizations with less than $1M in annual revenue, with every feature. Request a free license key; the installer needs one. Your only bill is your cloud provider's.
Email founders@skeladb.com or use the contact form with the topic "Free license key". Give your organization's name and confirm it is under $1M in annual revenue. We email a signed key, usually within one business day.
A Kubernetes 1.29 or later cluster with cert-manager, a storage class, an object storage bucket and a license key. Install profiles for EKS, GKE and AKS are in preview.
Yes. SkelaDB runs PostgreSQL 18 with four small storage patches and speaks the standard protocol, so psql, ORMs, drivers and BI tools connect as they do today.
Soon. Join the waitlist and we will email you when it opens.