Aiven free tier includes Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Valkey (Redis-compatible) — 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk per service… Verified September 2026. Compare with 13 alternatives in Databases.

Aiven Free Tier 2026 stable

Subtypes in Databases: relational — tables, rows and joins under SQL — Postgres, MySQL, SQLite family. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://aiven.io/postgresql, where it says: “Aiven for PostgreSQL - Managed Postgres database service with Postgres extensions, database forking, connection pooling.” How we use this.

Limits, pricing history, and 13 alternatives. Verified September 2026. Last updated 2026-09-13.

Aiven's free tier offers Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Valkey (Redis-compatible) — 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk per service. No time limit. It's stable — the change we last considered recording was refused on 2026-08-29, and we read the page again on 2026-09-13 and confirmed the terms above. Best for databases workloads — 13 alternatives available.

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Verified
2026-09-13
Last read
2026-09-13
The day we last read the vendor's page, and the day we last confirmed the terms we publish.

Free Tier Details

Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Valkey (Redis-compatible) — 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk per service. No time limit

We read that on 2026-09-13 from https://aiven.io/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Aiven as "aiven" and states "$0".

When You'll Outgrow Aiven's Free Tier

Pricing Change History (0 recorded)

No recorded pricing changes for Aiven. This is a good sign — stable pricing.

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Alternatives in Databases

How Aiven compares against every one of the 13 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.

Service Free Tier Stability
Aiven Free stable
CrateDB Free (CRFREE) stable
Koyeb Free (Database Only) stable
Neon Free stable
Xata Free stable
Nhost Free stable
filess.io Free stable
Supabase Free stable
Cloudflare D1 Free stable
SurrealDB Cloud Free caution
Nile Free unrated
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Free Tier stable
Turso Free stable
CockroachDB Trial risky

Left out of this list: MongoDB Atlas (shares no subtype with this product), Upstash (shares no subtype with this product), Firebase (shares no subtype with this product), Databricks (Lakeflow Connect) (none of this category's subtypes apply), Convex (shares no subtype with this product), Appwrite Cloud (shares no subtype with this product), PocketBase (shares no subtype with this product), Cloudflare KV (shares no subtype with this product), Momento (shares no subtype with this product), DynamoDB Local (runs only on a developer machine), Redis Cloud (shares no subtype with this product), Prisma Accelerate (extends another product), Weaviate (shares no subtype with this product), Zilliz Cloud (shares no subtype with this product), LanceDB (shares no subtype with this product), Upstash Vector (shares no subtype with this product), Chroma (shares no subtype with this product), Turbopuffer (shares no subtype with this product), Gel (we have not classified this record), Neo4j AuraDB (shares no subtype with this product), InfluxDB Cloud (shares no subtype with this product), Hasura (extends another product), 8base.com (shares no subtype with this product), codehooks.io (shares no subtype with this product), Couchbase Capella (shares no subtype with this product), restdb.io (shares no subtype with this product), SeaTable (none of this category's subtypes apply), skyvia.com (none of this category's subtypes apply), StackBy (none of this category's subtypes apply), Google Cloud BigQuery (shares no subtype with this product), PlanetScale (we have not classified this record). Each is still listed in Databases, with the vendor's own words we read that from on its page. How we decide this.

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Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The list above is every one of the 13 entries in that order, not a prefix of it. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
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2026-09-30
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Aiven free?
Yes, Aiven offers a free tier: Free. Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Valkey (Redis-compatible) — 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk per service. No time limit
What is Aiven's free tier?
Aiven's free tier is called "Free". Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Valkey (Redis-compatible) — 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk per service. No time limit
Is Aiven's free tier reliable?
Aiven's free tier is considered stable.
Is Aiven's free tier good for production?
Aiven's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Valkey (Redis-compatible) — 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk per service. No time limit, so it's a reasonable starting point. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.
What changed in Aiven's pricing?
We refused the change we last considered recording for Aiven on 2026-08-29, then read the page again on 2026-09-13 and confirmed the terms we publish for it.
What are the best free alternatives to Aiven?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 13 free alternatives to Aiven in Databases, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 12 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 1 is demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow Aiven's free tier?
At 1 GB storage, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Aiven in?
Aiven is categorized under Databases on AgentDeals. We list 13 other Databases services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.

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