Aiven vs Crunchy Bridge Pricing (2026)
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Aiven vs Crunchy Bridge

Database as a Service pricing comparison · 2026

Aiven pricing ranges from $0–$1900/varies, while Crunchy Bridge ranges from $9–$7680/varies. Aiven is typically 75% more affordable, though your actual cost depends on tier and team size.

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2 products · Database as a Service
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Aiven
Aiven is a managed open-source data infrastructure platform offering hosted services inclu
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$11K $60K
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Crunchy Bridge
Crunchy Bridge is a fully managed cloud Postgres solution from Crunchy Data, designed for
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$11K $60K
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Verdict · list-price math · year 1
Crunchy saves $50K vs Aiven · 25 seats
Cheapest $11K
Spread 83%
Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
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Startup
$60K/yr
year 1 license · $200/seat
Hobby-2
$11K/yr
year 1 license · $35/seat
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Sources & confidence

Every dollar amount and contract clause below traces back to a sourced fact. We don't manufacture composite scores.

Where this data comes from
Vendr · TrustRadius · Reddit · BBB · official docs
Sources 5 sourced facts
4 hidden-cost · 1 review platform
Last verified 1w ago
Confidence Limited confidence
Sources No structured sources
Last verified 1d ago
Confidence Limited confidence
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Plans at a glance

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Hidden costs

Each cost is severity-ranked, with the dollar range quoted from its source (Vendr, Reddit, TrustRadius, BBB, official docs) — never our estimate.

Beyond the sticker
Severity-ranked, sourced
3 documented
  • Dedicated Infrastructure Premium at Small Scale
    20-30% above multi-tenant alternatives at small scale
    2 sources
  • Self-Signed TLS Certificate Configuration Overhead
    5-10% of license costs
    1 source
  • Migration Complexity
    10-25% of annual license costs
    1 source
No hidden costs documented
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What users say

Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.

User reviews
TrustRadius · Trustpilot · G2
TrustRadius
8.9/5 (3)
Best for
Evaluation and small experiments with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey, or Kafka
Watch out
More expensive than self-managed or major cloud provider equivalents (AWS RDS, CloudSQL) at small scale
No public ratings yet
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Smallest dev/test workloads
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License cost is computed from publicly listed plans (real math, list price × seats). Median annual cost is from Vendr's deal flow when available — see source badges. Hidden costs and contract terms each cite their own sources. We do not invent composite scores.
Database as a Service

Aiven

$0–$1900
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6 plans · Free tier
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Database as a Service

Crunchy Bridge

$9–$7680
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7 plans
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Aiven and Crunchy Bridge both operate in the database as a service category. This page compares their list pricing.

Plan-by-Plan Pricing

Plan Aiven Crunchy Bridge
Free Free /user/month $9 /month
Developer $35 /user/month $35 /month
Startup $200 /user/month $140 /month
Business $500 /user/month $560 /month
Premium $1.9K /user/month $2.2K /month
Enterprise / BYOC Custom $1.9K /month
Standard-384 / Memory-512 — $6.7K /month

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