Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about Nyas — extensions, billing, scaling, and how to get the most out of your sandbox Postgres.
It's unmodified PostgreSQL-18. No proprietary dialect, no custom client library, no Nyas-specific schema to learn. Your existing ORM (Prisma, Drizzle, SQLAlchemy, GORM, ActiveRecord, anything that speaks Postgres) works without changes.
Standard tools like pg_dump and
pg_restore work normally, which
means you can leave whenever you want.
Every Nyas database comes with the following extensions pre-installed and ready to use — no extra setup required:
| Extension | Purpose |
|---|---|
fuzzystrmatch |
Fuzzy string matching — Soundex, Levenshtein, Metaphone |
hstore |
Key-value pairs stored in a single column |
ltree |
Hierarchical tree-like data — labels, paths, ancestry queries |
pg_graphql |
GraphQL support directly inside PostgreSQL |
pg_stat_statements |
Query performance statistics |
pg_trgm |
Trigram-based fuzzy text search and similarity scoring |
pgcrypto |
Cryptographic functions — hashing, encryption, UUID generation |
plpgsql |
PL/pgSQL procedural language for stored procedures and triggers |
postgres_fdw |
Foreign data wrapper for querying remote PostgreSQL databases |
tablefunc |
Cross-tab queries and other table-function utilities |
uuid-ossp |
UUID generation functions |
Yes. Nyas provides a built-in proxy that supports both connection pooling and transaction pooling modes — useful for serverless functions, edge runtimes, and apps that open many short-lived database connections.
Your pooled connection string and proxy settings are available in your project dashboard. Use the direct connection string for long-running processes (background workers, migrations) and the pooled connection string everywhere else.
For full agent control, install the Nyas CLI
with
curl -LsSf
https://app.nyas.io/install.sh | sh, run nyas login, then add an MCP
server with command nyas and args
["mcp"]. Restart your MCP client
after login.
For simpler workflows, paste the standard
Postgres connection string into your agent's
environment or .env file as
DATABASE_URL. The MCP path lets
agents create projects, run SQL, inspect
schemas, get credentials, and manage storage.
See the examples repo for full workflows:
github.com/nyastech/nyas-examples
Yes, both directions, using standard Postgres tooling.
In:
pg_restore from a dump, or
\copy from CSV, or logical
replication from an existing Postgres.
Out:
pg_dump against your Nyas
connection string gives you a portable SQL dump
you can restore anywhere else.
There's no proprietary export format and no lock-in layer. If Nyas stops being the right fit for you, you can leave in minutes.
You get a warning email before anything is throttled or paused. We don't auto-charge a card you haven't given us. You decide whether to upgrade to Starter, clean up data, or wait.
Free tier limits today: 500 MB database, 1 GB file storage, 2 projects, 1 GB egress per month.
Yes. Paid plans can be paid in INR through RazorPay, which means UPI, Indian credit cards, net banking, and wallets all work. USD billing is also available if you're outside India or expensing to an international card.
Annual billing gets you 20% off. There are no per-query or per-operation charges, so your bill won't spike from a runaway loop. Overages on storage and egress are billed at a fixed rate per GB (₹10 / $0.09).
Backups: Daily automated backups on Starter (7-day retention) and Growth (14-day retention). Free tier is best effort, appropriate for sandboxes.
Uptime: 99.9% SLA on paid tiers.
Support: Community Discord for free, email for Starter, priority WhatsApp/Slack for Growth.
If something breaks: Email manish@nyas.io or open an issue at github.com/nyastech/nyas-examples/issues. We're a small team, you'll hear back from a human, usually the one who wrote the code.