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Akash Pattnaik
Akash Pattnaik

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End of ElephantSQL πŸ˜”

ElephantSQL started back in 2013 and it was one of the first services to offer postgreSQL at such low rates as a service.

I personally have been using it since last 4-5 years and my favorite part was the browser SQL executer.

Unfortunately 😟, just moments ago I received a mail saying that they are ending their services from January 27, 2025.

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This marks a end to an era!

No doubt ElephantSQL was one of the best postgreSQL service providers out their for small projects.

I had build over 20 small projects using ElephantSQL. All of them had over 1K+ users. Their free plan was, in my personal opinion, the best postgreSQL service a beginner might ever get!

Comment if you have ever used ElephantSQL and what are you going to use from now one?!

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Ben Halpern

This looks like a really solid service, it's a shame they are shutting down.

There definitely are more options than ever for similar services though, so definitely curious to see any recommendations folks have.

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Michael Hall

SQLite if I I just need SQL and not Postgres specific types. Otherwise for hobby stuff I will use Digital Ocean Postgres.

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Akash Pattnaik

Cool, but Digital Ocean asks for a card while signup which many new devs cant provide!

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Michael Hall

You can always run Postgres at your desk or self host if you don’t have a card. It seems that if you don’t have a card then a Cloud Deployment is not going to be likely for you.