Use case · Side projects
Want to ship tonight, not wire up five vendors?
PrimDB gives a side project a deploy, a database, auth, and storage on one free tier, so you spend the evening on the idea, not on account signups and glue code.
The problem
The side-project setup grind
The idea takes an hour. The plumbing takes the whole weekend.
Five signups, five dashboards, and five free tiers with five different limits before you write any features.
Connection strings and secrets copied by hand between a host and a database that barely know each other.
A surprise bill weeks later because a free tier quietly expired.
What PrimDB does
What PrimDB gives a side project
One place to deploy, store data, and sign users in, with a free tier that stays free.
One free tier for everything
Deploy, Postgres, Redis, search, storage, and auth on a single free plan, not five separate ones to track.
Push and it is live
Connect a repo and get a live URL. Credentials for your database are wired into the app for you.
Auth without a vendor
Sessions and social sign-in ship with the platform, so a hobby app can have real login in minutes.
No surprise bill
The free tier is what you actually get today, and billing is gate-bypassed in early access, so nothing sneaks up on you.
Why it fits
Why PrimDB fits side projects
Fewer moving parts means you spend the evening building, not reconciling dashboards.
When the project grows up, usage-based tiers are already there, no re-platforming.
You can even ask an agent to deploy it for you over MCP.
Honest note. The free tier is capped (a few projects, build minutes, and feedback comments) and PrimDB runs in a single EU region. It is perfect for side projects, less so for a global production launch.
FAQ
Questions, answered
- Is PrimDB actually free to start?
- Yes. There is a real free tier with a few projects plus build minutes and feedback comments, no credit card required. Billing is gate-bypassed in early access, so there is no surprise charge.
- What happens when my side project grows?
- Usage-based tiers add more projects, build minutes, custom domains, and support, so you scale up on the same platform without re-architecting.
Ship the thing you keep meaning to build.
Deploy, data, and auth on one free tier. Actually free to start, no credit card.