diff --git a/commands/fdwsql.js b/commands/fdwsql.js
index f6e149f..3e129c8 100644
--- a/commands/fdwsql.js
+++ b/commands/fdwsql.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function * run (context, heroku) {
 
   const db = yield pg.fetcher(heroku).database(app, database)
   const addon = yield pg.fetcher(heroku).addon(app, database)
-  yield util.ensureNonStarterPlan(addon)
+  yield util.ensureEssentialTierPlan(addon)
   cli.log('CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgres_fdw;')
   cli.log(`DROP SERVER IF EXISTS ${prefix}_db;`)
   cli.log(`CREATE SERVER ${prefix}_db
diff --git a/commands/stats_reset.js b/commands/stats_reset.js
index 23063e8..c6034e6 100644
--- a/commands/stats_reset.js
+++ b/commands/stats_reset.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function * run (context, heroku) {
   const { database } = context.args
 
   const db = yield pg.fetcher(heroku).addon(app, database)
-  yield util.ensureNonStarterPlan(db)
+  yield util.ensureEssentialTierPlan(db)
   const host = pg.host(db)
   const rsp = yield heroku.put(`/client/v11/databases/${db.name}/stats_reset`, { host })
   cli.log(rsp.message)
diff --git a/commands/user_connections.js b/commands/user_connections.js
index 4cf74c4..e5f6d03 100644
--- a/commands/user_connections.js
+++ b/commands/user_connections.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function * run (context, heroku) {
   const { database } = context.args
 
   const db = yield pg.fetcher(heroku).addon(app, database)
-  yield util.ensureNonStarterPlan(db)
+  yield util.ensureEssentialTierPlan(db)
   const host = pg.host(db)
 
   const credentials = yield heroku.get(`/postgres/v0/databases/${db.name}/credentials`, { host: host })
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index da42da5..539038e 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ You can install it by running:
   }
 }
 
-function * ensureNonStarterPlan (db) {
-  if (db.plan.name.match(/(dev|basic)$/)) {
-    throw new Error('This operation is not supported by Hobby tier databases.')
+function * ensureEssentialTierPlan (db) {
+  if (db.plan.name.match(/(dev|basic|essential-[0-9]+)$/)) {
+    throw new Error('This operation is not supported by Essential-tier databases.')
   }
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ function * newTotalExecTimeField (db) {
 
 module.exports = {
   ensurePGStatStatement: co.wrap(ensurePGStatStatement),
-  ensureNonStarterPlan: co.wrap(ensureNonStarterPlan),
+  ensureEssentialTierPlan: co.wrap(ensureEssentialTierPlan),
   newTotalExecTimeField: co.wrap(newTotalExecTimeField)
 }