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For small enough DBs, they could even literally just email you the data zipped up as an attachment. I'd guess most hobby projects are a few MB if that. That sa

For small enough DBs, they could even literally just email you the data zipped up as an attachment. I'd guess most hobby projects are a few MB if that. That said, I don't really get the feeling that Heroku is willing to put an ounce of extra effort into this, unfortunately.

simonw 4y ago
That's a great idea. Free databases are limited to 10,000 rows so they are likely to be very small in most cases, would totally fit in an email attachment.
creatonez 4y ago
Email is not actually private in many instances, so this might be an unworkable solution, possibly even a legal minefield too. Maybe encrypt the email attachment with an encryption key that is only accessible behind Heroku's 2-factor login page? Problem is, it would probably still reveal basic metadata and database sizes.