Best Database as a Service Software 2026: 16 Tools Compared
Best Database as a Service Software 2026: 16 Tools Compared
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Database as a Service software billed monthly typically runs Free to $1.5K per month in 2026. The average across 8 tools is $43 per month. 12 of 16 tools offer free tiers.

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Best Value

CockroachDB

From Free/month

Best Free Tier

Aiven

Free plan available

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Product Starting Price Popular Tier Enterprise Free Tier Best For
CockroachDB Free /month $0.18 /month $0.60 /month Yes Smaller, bursty workloads
Railway (PostgreSQL) Free /per month $5 /per month $20 /per month Yes -
Turso Free /month $24.92 /month $416.58 /month Yes Hobbyists and small projects
Supabase Free /month $25 /month $599 /month Yes Hobby projects, prototypes, and simple websites
Convex Free /month $25 /month $25 /month Yes -
PlanetScale $5 /month $27.50 /month $50 /month No Development and low-traffic production
Timescale (TimescaleDB Cloud) $30 /month $36 /month $36 /month No -
Upstash (Redis/Kafka serverless) Free /month $200 /month $1.5K /month Yes -

Category Summary

16

Products

$43

Avg /mo (8 tools)

12

Free Tiers