Question 1

Do you charge per branch?

Accepted Answer

No. SaaS is pay as you go on compute and storage. BYOC groups usage into capacity tiers by concurrent branch range, not individual branches. Create as many as you need. No per-branch fees. No per-developer fees. No per-database fees.

Question 2

How does Xata reduce my cloud costs?

Accepted Answer

Two mechanisms: CoW branching means branches share storage with the source — you only pay for deltas, not full copies. Scale-to-zero means idle branches suspend compute entirely. Combined, this typically reduces staging and branching infrastructure costs by 60-90% compared to traditional full replicas.

Question 3

Is there a free tier?

Accepted Answer

Open source is free forever. SaaS includes $100 in credits for the first 14 days. Then you need to add a credit card to continue using Xata and you will be billed for usage. BYOC is quoted per deployment, get in touch with sales to learn more.

Question 4

Can I start on SaaS and move to BYOC later?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Same Postgres, same branching, same workflows. Your data migrates cleanly. Most teams that move to BYOC do it when they hit a scale, compliance, or data residency threshold.

Question 5

With BYOC, can I use my existing cloud commitment (EA/EDP)?

Accepted Answer

Yes. BYOC deploys in your cloud account, so all Xata-managed infrastructure counts against your existing cloud spend commitments with AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Question 6

How does the BYOC management fee work?

Accepted Answer

The management fee is calculated against Xata-managed cloud infrastructure in your account. The specifics depend on your infrastructure topology, scale, and what you need managed. Talk to our sales team or schedule a call to get a specific estimate.

Question 7

Are anonymization features and zero-downtime schema changes included?

Accepted Answer

Yes. PII anonymization (pgstream) and zero-downtime schema migrations (pgroll) are included in every plan and are also open source.

Question 8

We're a platform and want to offer Postgres to our customers. Can we use Xata?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we have a partner program for platforms provisioning databases at scale. Please reach out and we will discuss the details.

Question 9

What features are only available on paid plans?

Accepted Answer

Multi-tenancy, multi-region deployments, Xaststor storage engine, warm pools, dedicated support, and SLAs require Xata Cloud or BYOC. The open source distribution includes core branching, anonymization, and schema migrations.

Instance Type	vCPUs	RAM	Cost per Hour	Cost per Month
micro	≤2 vCPU	1 GB RAM	$0.012/hr	$9/month
small	≤2 vCPU	2 GB RAM	$0.024/hr	$18/month
medium	≤2 vCPU	4 GB RAM	$0.048/hr	$35/month
large	2 vCPU	8 GB RAM	$0.096/hr	$70/month
xlarge	4 vCPU	16 GB RAM	$0.192/hr	$140/month
2xlarge	8 vCPU	32 GB RAM	$0.384/hr	$280/month
4xlarge	16 vCPU	64 GB RAM	$0.768/hr	$561/month
8xlarge	32 vCPU	128 GB RAM	$1.536/hr	$1121/month

Tier	Concurrent branches	Ideal for
Team	Up to 1,000	Mature engineering orgs transitioning away from shared staging as agents become core to daily work
Company	Up to 10,000	Centralized company-wide AI rollouts with agent governance policies
Platform	Up to 100,000	Early stage platforms serving thousands of users with dedicated databases
Hyperscale	100,000+	Mature platforms provisioning databases for millions of users

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