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    "who_qualifies": "Anyone with a Google Cloud billing account; free tier is per billing account on AlloyDB Express (Preview)",
    "how_to_claim": "In a Google Cloud project, create an AlloyDB Express cluster and primary instance from the console, gcloud beta alloydb, REST or the AlloyDB remote MCP server (see https://docs.cloud.google.com/alloydb/docs/create-manage-express-clusters).",
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    "caveats": "Preview. Free tier is per billing account for the first 12 months; overage and storage above 2 GB are billed. Pricing page says billing starts December 2026. Paused compute is free; used storage still bills. No HA, backups or CUDs on Express.",
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      "note": "Set category to Databases from official AlloyDB Express product type. Set last_verified from Verifier check.",
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      "note": null,
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    }
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      "author_handle": "aidevnewss",
      "text": "Google Cloud [@googlecloud] launches AlloyDB Express, an Instant, scale-to-zero PostgreSQL database built for devs and coding agents [Spin up in <2 sec with built-in AI]\n\n▶️ A new lightweight AlloyDB for PostgreSQL preview configuration designed specifically to eliminate friction for rapid prototyping, CI/CD pipelines, and AI coding agent workflows.\n\n- Spins up isolated PostgreSQL instances instantly via gcloud, REST, or MCP\n- Automatically pauses after 15 minutes of inactivity ($0 idle costs) and wakes up on demand\n- Native support for pgvector, ScaNN, and Gemini model calls (ai.generate) via standard SQL\n- Usage-based billing at $0.115 per Compute Unit hour, plus a free tier (50 free CUs and 2 GB storage/month)\n- Seamlessly upgrades in place to a full AlloyDB cluster without changing code or connection strings\n\n▶️ More info: https://t.co/3N7EBzRiF8\n\n#PostgreSQL #codingagent #GoogleCloud",
      "posted_at": "2026-11-05T17:00:17Z"
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