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This guide compares ways to run PostgreSQL, from self-managed servers to fully managed services.

Changes

• The Introduction gains one paragraph for readers with a database on their laptop: the three steps from PostgreSQL 17 or older, a link to the import guide, and the Free plan terms in short. The fuller text is later in the guide, in "When to choose" and the FAQ.

Sources checked 2026-11-02

• https://www.prisma.io/pricing: "2 GB storage", "free forever"
• https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/import-from-existing-database: the import steps

Checks

• One paragraph added, no other lines changed.

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Change walkthrough

Change walkthrough

This PR adds one paragraph to the Introduction of the 5 ways to host PostgreSQL guide that speaks to readers who have a PostgreSQL database on their laptop and want to move it online. It states the three-step migration path from PostgreSQL 17 or older (create the database, pg_dump the local one, pg_restore the file), links to the Prisma docs page that walks through the process, and summarizes the Free plan terms (2 GB per workspace, no time limit, no credit card).

Fit within the guide. The paragraph acts as an early summary of facts that the article already states in full later: the "When to choose Prisma Postgres" bullet (line 293) and the FAQ answer "How do I move a Postgres database from my laptop online?" (line 333) both describe the same three steps and the same Free plan limits. The added docs link (import-from-existing-database) is identical to the URLs used in those later sections, keeping the guide internally consistent.

Consistency. The link format matches how other prisma.io/docs links are written in this article (no UTM parameters, unlike console/pricing links, which do carry them). The paragraph preserves the article's voice and structure, and no other lines were touched, so the table of contents, frontmatter, and anchors are unaffected.

Incremental note. This pass reviewed the delta since the last reviewed commit, which reworded the paragraph for clarity (subject "moving it to Prisma Postgres" instead of "Prisma Postgres takes three steps") and added the docs link. The later sections continue to carry the relevant caveats, such as checking the local database's size first and the separate process needed when moving from PostgreSQL 18.

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This PR changes the following pages (Vercel Preview Deploy links):

• /dataguide/postgresql/5-ways-to-host-postgresql (currently)

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