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This page is the single reference for what DBHost keeps and for how long.

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Logical backups by environment

DBHost takes logical backups with pg_dump and stores them off-host in AWS S3 (eu-north-1) as .sql.gz files. Scheduled backups run once a day at no fixed time. A none choice only turns off scheduled backups: owners and admins can still take an on-demand backup from the dashboard on every plan, or through the API and CLI on Pro and Business.

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How long things are kept

Host snapshots are disk-level copies of the database server. They can contain data from any database on the host, including previews without daily backup, and they rotate by count rather than by age.

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Deleting a database

When an owner deletes a database, DBHost first creates and verifies a deletion backup, then disconnects the database. For the next 7 days the owner can:
  • recover the database from Recently deleted in the dashboard or with POST /api/v1/databases/{id}/recover, if the plan has a free database slot
  • download the deletion backup, regardless of quota
After 7 days, DBHost deletes the database and its deletion backup permanently and automatically. This cannot be undone.

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What DBHost does not offer

  • Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
  • Restoring an uploaded SQL file or dump through DBHost; see Restore your own dump
  • Restoring from host snapshots on request
See Limits for the full list.