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Add-on Services

Build’s marketplace (build.io/add-ons) offers managed services—databases, caches, search, email, and AI inference—that you can attach to any app. For a walkthrough of provisioning add-ons from the dashboard, see Databases & Add-ons.

Add-ons fall into two billing groups:

  • Build.io add-ons run on Build’s infrastructure and are billed on your Build.io subscription. They draw from your bundled add-on credits before à la carte billing applies.
  • Partner add-ons are provisioned through Build but provided and billed separately by the partner. They don’t appear on your Build.io invoice and aren’t covered by enterprise add-on credits.
Add-onCLI nameServiceStatus
SchemaToGoschema-to-goPostgreSQLGA
CacheToGocache-to-goRedisGA
AveToGoave-to-goMariaDB/MySQLGA
DonkeyToGodonkey-to-goMongoDBGA
SpandexToGospandex-to-goElasticSearch / OpenSearchGA
SequelToGosequel-to-goMicrosoft SQL ServerGA
InferToGoinfer-to-goAI model inferenceBeta
MailerToGomailertogoTransactional emailGA

The CLI name is what you pass to addons:create.

$ bld addons:create schema-to-go:basic -a my-app

The argument is service:plan. Once provisioned, the add-on’s connection details are set as config vars on your app automatically (for example, DATABASE_URL for schema-to-go), and your dynos restart to pick them up.

Optional flags let you customize the addon at creation time:

$ bld addons:create cache-to-go:premium-0 -a my-app --name my-cache --config MAXMEMORY_POLICY=allkeys-lru
$ bld addons -a my-app -j | jq '.[] | {name, plan: .plan.name, state}'
$ bld addons:info my-addon-name -j

Add-ons aren’t limited to the app that provisioned them—attach an existing add-on to share it across multiple apps (for example, one Postgres instance shared between a customer-facing app and an admin app):

$ bld addons:attach my-addon-name -a other-app

Detach by attachment ID (find it via bld addons:info):

$ bld addons:detach ATTACHMENT_ID
$ bld addons:destroy my-addon-name -a my-app

This permanently deletes the underlying resource (database, cache, etc.) along with its data. There’s no confirmation prompt when scripted, so double-check the addon name before running this against a production app.

The prices below are list prices, per month. The provisioning name in each table is the service:plan argument you pass to addons:create.

Start on the cheapest tier that fits your data—every service lets you move up or down between plans later. Each service’s marketplace page carries its full, current plan list:

Managed PostgreSQL.

PlanProvisioning nameStorageMemoryPrice / mo
Basicschema-to-go:basic10 GiB2 GiB$9
Standard-0schema-to-go:standard-064 GiB4 GiB$50
Premium-0schema-to-go:premium-064 GiB4 GiB$200
Standard-2schema-to-go:standard-2256 GiB8 GiB$200
Premium-2schema-to-go:premium-2256 GiB8 GiB$350
Standard-3schema-to-go:standard-3512 GiB16 GiB$400
Premium-3schema-to-go:premium-3512 GiB15 GiB$750
Standard-4schema-to-go:standard-4768 GiB31 GiB$750
Premium-4schema-to-go:premium-4768 GiB31 GiB$1,200
Standard-5schema-to-go:standard-51 TiB61 GiB$1,400
Standard-6schema-to-go:standard-61.5 TiB122 GiB$2,000
Premium-5schema-to-go:premium-51 TiB61 GiB$2,500
Premium-6schema-to-go:premium-61.5 TiB122 GiB$3,500
Standard-7schema-to-go:standard-72 TiB244 GiB$3,500
Standard-8schema-to-go:standard-83 TiB488 GiB$4,500
Standard-9schema-to-go:standard-94 TiB768 GiB$5,800
Premium-7schema-to-go:premium-72 TiB244 GiB$6,000
Premium-8schema-to-go:premium-83 TiB488 GiB$8,500
Premium-9schema-to-go:premium-94 TiB768 GiB$11,000
Standard-10schema-to-go:standard-108 TiB1024 GiB$12,000
Premium-10schema-to-go:premium-108 TiB1024 GiB$24,000

Managed Redis.

PlanProvisioning nameMemoryConnectionsPrice / mo
Minicache-to-go:mini25 MB20$3
Premium-0cache-to-go:premium-050 MB40$15
Premium-1cache-to-go:premium-1100 MB80$30
Premium-2cache-to-go:premium-2250 MB200$60
Premium-3cache-to-go:premium-3500 MB400$120
Premium-5cache-to-go:premium-51 GB1k$200
Premium-7cache-to-go:premium-77 GB10k$750
Premium-9cache-to-go:premium-910 GB25k$1,450
Premium-10cache-to-go:premium-1025 GB40k$3,500
Premium-12cache-to-go:premium-1250 GB65k$6,500
Premium-14cache-to-go:premium-14100 GB65k$12,500

Managed MariaDB/MySQL.

PlanProvisioning nameStorageMemoryPrice / mo
Basicave-to-go:basic100 GiB2 GiB$9
Standard-0ave-to-go:standard-064 GiB4 GiB$50
Standard-2ave-to-go:standard-2256 GiB8 GiB$200
Standard-3ave-to-go:standard-3512 GiB16 GiB$400
Standard-4ave-to-go:standard-4768 GiB31 GiB$750
Standard-5ave-to-go:standard-51 TiB61 GiB$1,400

Managed MongoDB.

PlanProvisioning nameStorageMemoryPrice / mo
Standard-0donkey-to-go:standard-064 GiB4 GiB$50
Standard-2donkey-to-go:standard-2256 GiB8 GiB$200
Standard-3donkey-to-go:standard-3512 GiB16 GiB$400
Standard-4donkey-to-go:standard-4768 GiB31 GiB$750
Standard-5donkey-to-go:standard-51 TiB61 GiB$1,400
Standard-6donkey-to-go:standard-61.5 TiB122 GiB$2,000
Standard-7donkey-to-go:standard-72 TiB244 GiB$3,500
Standard-8donkey-to-go:standard-83 TiB488 GiB$4,500
Standard-9donkey-to-go:standard-94 TiB768 GiB$5,800

Managed ElasticSearch / OpenSearch. The free Dachs plan suits development and search prototyping.

PlanProvisioning nameMemoryCapacityPrice / mo
Dachsspandex-to-go:dachs1 GiB24 GiBFree
Dachs HAspandex-to-go:dachs-ha2 GiB24 GiB$127
Drake HAspandex-to-go:drake-ha32 GiB384 GiB$1,086

Managed Microsoft SQL Server.

PlanProvisioning nameMemoryCPUStoragePrice / mo
Basicsequel-to-go:basic2 GiB1-Core10 GB$299
Standardsequel-to-go:standard16 GiB4000m128 GiB$799
Largesequel-to-go:large32 GiB8000m512 GiB$1,299

AI model inference. More tiers are planned.

PlanProvisioning namePrice / mo
Basicinfer-to-go:basic$5

Transactional email.

PlanProvisioning namePrice / mo
Micromailertogo:micro$9
Minimailertogo:mini$19
Smallmailertogo:small$79
Startupmailertogo:startup$149
Chattymailertogo:chatty$299
Verbosemailertogo:verbose$499