Dedicated servers
Your own database server. One flat price.
A single-tenant VM that runs only your databases, provisioned in minutes and billed at one flat monthly rate per server. Pick a size and start today.
Dedicated 4GB
- 2 vCPU
- 4 GB RAM
- 25 GB volume
A primary Postgres or MySQL plus a Valkey cache, with headroom for a second light database.
Dedicated 8GB
- 4 vCPU
- 8 GB RAM
- 50 GB volume
A primary Postgres or MySQL, Valkey caching, Meilisearch always awake, one more database, and one app, all on one box.
Dedicated 16GB
- 2 vCPU
- 16 GB RAM
- 100 GB volume
Memory-optimized for heavier workloads: large working sets, analytics engines, or several busy databases side by side.
Always on, region-pinned, single-tenant, with no database or branch caps on the box. The only limits are the server's memory and storage.
Regions shown per size. The 16GB size is US East (Virginia) only for now while we confirm US West availability.
What's included
Hardware that is yours alone
- A single-tenant VM that runs only your databases
- All engines, Standard and Performance
- Client-certificate (mTLS) authentication
- 30-day rolling backups
- Team seats you can add as you grow
- Egress included, no bandwidth metering
- No database or branch caps on the server
- Region-pinned, always on
- One flat monthly price, no usage meters
- Provisioned automatically, ready in about 30 minutes
A dedicated server is standalone: everything above lives on the box itself. The shared cloud and the embedded apps (Filmroom and Secret Store) come with Pro at $15/mo, which you can run alongside a dedicated server on the same bill.
Compared to Supabase, on one bill
Supabase is a Postgres-only platform. Its Large compute tier gives you an 8 GB Postgres for roughly $125/mo once you add the Pro plan and subtract the org-wide compute credit. Our $65 Dedicated 8GB server covers that same Postgres plus a cache, a dedicated search engine, and a second database, with room for a hosted app on the same box: a full stack that on Supabase spans multiple vendors.
| Supabase (+ third parties) | Layerbase | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 GB Postgres | Pro $25/mo + Large compute (8 GB, 2-core ARM) ~$110/mo, minus the $10 org-wide compute credit = ~$125/mo | Included on the $65 Dedicated 8GB server |
| Cache (Valkey / Redis) | Not native; Upstash ~$10/mo (illustrative) | Runs natively on the same box |
| Dedicated search | Not native; Fly or Railway ~$5-25/mo (illustrative) | Meilisearch, always awake |
| Second database | A second Supabase project ~$15/mo | Just another database on the box |
| Hosted app | Not offered natively | Runs on the same box, app billed separately |
| Full-stack total | ~$155-175/mo across three vendors | $65/mo on one bill |
| Disk past 8 GB | $0.125/GB/mo | Included in the volume |
| Idle free tier | Pauses after 7 days idle, manual restore | Wake-on-connect, no manual restore |
8 GB Postgres
- Supabase
- Pro $25/mo + Large compute (8 GB, 2-core ARM) ~$110/mo, minus the $10 org-wide compute credit = ~$125/mo
- Layerbase
- Included on the $65 Dedicated 8GB server
Cache (Valkey / Redis)
- Supabase
- Not native; Upstash ~$10/mo (illustrative)
- Layerbase
- Runs natively on the same box
Dedicated search
- Supabase
- Not native; Fly or Railway ~$5-25/mo (illustrative)
- Layerbase
- Meilisearch, always awake
Second database
- Supabase
- A second Supabase project ~$15/mo
- Layerbase
- Just another database on the box
Hosted app
- Supabase
- Not offered natively
- Layerbase
- Runs on the same box, app billed separately
Full-stack total
- Supabase
- ~$155-175/mo across three vendors
- Layerbase
- $65/mo on one bill
Disk past 8 GB
- Supabase
- $0.125/GB/mo
- Layerbase
- Included in the volume
Idle free tier
- Supabase
- Pauses after 7 days idle, manual restore
- Layerbase
- Wake-on-connect, no manual restore
Third-party prices for a cache, search, and hosting are illustrative: Supabase does not offer them natively, so a full stack there spans multiple vendors and bills. The compute credit is applied once per organization, not per project.
Supabase prices as of July 11, 2026, from public pricing pages.
The economics
Consolidate several serverless bills into one flat rate
Modern stacks spread a handful of managed databases across separate serverless vendors, each with its own metered bill. The costs are individually reasonable and collectively surprising.
A worked example
Say a team runs Postgres on Neon, search on Algolia, and a Redis-style cache on Upstash, and pays roughly $200/mo across the three. On a dedicated server, all three live on a single box: Postgres and the cache run natively, and Meilisearch drops in as a fast, self-hostable replacement for Algolia-style search. Depending on how much speed and capacity you want, that consolidated setup typically lands between $65 and $120/mo, and because the whole machine is yours, you usually come out with more storage and better performance than the metered services you replaced, not less.
The savings are real, but the point is not only the price. It is one bill, one place to manage everything, one set of backups, and headroom you control instead of quotas you bump into.
FAQ
Dedicated server questions
Does a dedicated server include the shared cloud?
No. A dedicated server is standalone: everything you run lives on the box, with no database or branch caps beyond its memory and storage. If you also want the shared cloud for dev and staging, plus the embedded apps, that is the Pro plan at $15/mo, and it runs alongside a dedicated server on one bill.
How long does provisioning take?
You pick a region and pay at checkout, then your server is provisioned automatically. It is usually ready in 15 to 30 minutes and always within the hour. We email you the moment it is live, and from there you create databases on it like any other Layerbase database.
What happens to my server when I cancel?
There is no commitment: the flat price is billed monthly and you can cancel anytime. When you cancel, billing stops at the end of the current cycle and the server is retired. Export or download your databases first, or reach out and we will help you move your data off before the server is decommissioned.
Can I run more than one dedicated server?
Yes. Servers stack on your one Layerbase bill: add as many dedicated servers as you need, each a separate single-tenant VM, all managed from the same dashboard and invoiced together.
Which regions can I choose?
The 4GB and 8GB servers are available in US East (Virginia) and US West (Oregon). The 16GB server is US East only for now while we confirm US West availability. Need another region? Email us and we will scope it.
Need something not listed?
Want a region or VM size outside this catalog, far more storage or memory, or a bespoke setup? Custom plans exist for exactly that. Tell us the engines you run, roughly how much storage and throughput you expect, and any constraints, and we will come back with a configuration and a flat monthly price.