#11 in Build & DeploymentUpdated 2026-08

Nhost

by NHost · Managed Postgres, GraphQL, auth, storage and functions backend

67.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Nhost is a managed backend platform providing a Postgres database, a Hasura GraphQL API with realtime subscriptions and event triggers, authentication, file storage with a CDN, and serverless JS/TS functions. A CLI runs the whole stack locally and Git pushes deploy it to Nhost Cloud. Projects can also run your own containers and use an AI toolkit with pgvector and auto-embeddings.

Best for: Small teams wanting a managed Postgres and GraphQL backend without running their own infrastructure
Pricing: Free Starter tier, then Pro from $25/month and Team from $599/month per organisation, with compute billed separately at $15–$50 per vCPU core/month and Enterprise on request.
Runs on: Web

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Postgres, GraphQL, auth, storage and functions in one stack
CLI runs the full stack locally; Git push deploys it
Free tier needs no credit card and allows unlimited users
Full database and storage export, stated as no vendor lock-in

Trade-offs

Free tier allows one active project, paused after a week of inactivity
Compute is billed per vCPU core on top of the monthly plan fee
Excess usage is charged automatically rather than capped
SOC 2 Type II, support SLA and 99.9% SLA only from $599/month

Pricing

Published plans from Nhost’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Nhost pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Starter	Freeper organisation	1 project, paused after 1 week of inactivity 1 GB database, 1 GB storage, 5 GB egress 10 functions, 10 second execution limit Unlimited users, community support
Pro	$25per organisation	$15 in compute credits included 10 GB database, 50 GB storage, 50 GB egress Daily backups with 7 days retention; point in time recovery from $100 Bring your own services, managed Grafana, email support
Team	$599per organisation	$15 in compute credits included SOC 2 Type II; HIPAA listed as coming soon Email support SLA and dedicated Discord channel External database connections and advanced GraphQL features
Enterprise	Contact sales	SLAs and dedicated technical account manager Dedicated clusters available as an add-on 24x7x365 support with SLA, architecture review Custom database, storage, function and egress limits

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 80 out of 100
API quality: 10 out of 100
Documentation: 70 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 70 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 90 out of 100
Operational trust: 75 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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