{
  "id": 6700516,
  "title": "Appwrite shipped managed Postgres and MySQL (real engines, not our document API)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/appwrite-shipped-managed-postgres-and-mysql-real-engines-not-our",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-11T03:54:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/jakebarnby/appwrite-shipped-managed-postgres-and-mysql-real-engines-not-our-document-api-1kaf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Appwrite has recently launched managed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, providing users with a real engine rather than a document API. To utilize these managed databases, users simply need to select PostgreSQL or MySQL in the Console, choose a compute tier, and Appwrite provisions the database in their project's region. This means users can connect to the database using psql, the mysql client, Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM, Kysely, Knex, or Sequelize, without needing an Appwrite SDK between their code and the data.\n\nBy default, PostgreSQL 18 (17 on create) and MySQL 8.4 (8.0 on create) are offered, with pooler ports at 6432 and 6033, and direct ports at 5432 and 3306, respectively. Users can point their runtime traffic at the pooler and keep migrations, dumps, and any session-semantic operations on the direct port.\n\nThese managed databases come with Appwrite's own backup, point-in-time recovery, branches, high availability (HA), pooling, allowlists, monitoring, and console SQL editor. Users are responsible for their schema and ORM, allowing them to bring their own SQL migrations and pgvector support for PostgreSQL. The managed databases also offer backup and point-in-time recovery, branches from a storage snapshot, HA with up to five replicas and automatic failover, per-database poolers with read/write splitting when replicas are on, and various Postgres extensions like PostGIS, pgvector, and pg_trgm.\n\nPricing starts at $10 per month for the Starter plan, which includes 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM, 10 GB of storage, and 10 database credits. Pro plans include $10 per month in database credits, and if the user has already purchased Pro, the starter plan is covered. The database will be deployed in the same region as the project, so users should create their project in either Frankfurt (fra) or New York (nyc) to try the service immediately.",
  "summary": "Hey. I'm Jake (abnegate). I work on databases at Appwrite. We just shipped managed native PostgreSQL and MySQL, and I wanted a place to talk about what that actually means before people assume it's TablesDB with a SQL coat of paint. It isn't. What you get You pick Postgres or MySQL in the Console, pick a compute tier, and Appwrite provisions a real engine in your project's region. Own hostname,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Appwrite launched managed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases.",
    "Users can connect using psql, mysql client, Prisma, etc.",
    "Pricing starts at $10 per month for the Starter plan."
  ],
  "editors_take": "This expansion of Appwrite's services to include managed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases gives users more flexibility and control over their data, allowing them to use standard tools and libraries without added abstraction.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}