ScaleGrid vs TigerData
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of ScaleGrid and TigerData built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose ScaleGrid if…
Teams that already have a favored database engine and cloud provider but want someone else operating it — the BYOC model bills infrastructure at cost and adds management on top, worth it if the operational burden is the actual problem.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose TigerData if…
Time-series and analytics workloads that want to stay in Postgres — TimescaleDB's compression is the reason the storage line is affordable at volume.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- ScaleGrid: The workload fits a single-engine specialist with its own scale-to-zero or branching model — ScaleGrid's value is operating an engine you already chose, not offering a distinctive one.
- TigerData: The advertised storage price assumes 5x compression, so a workload that does not compress that well pays materially more than the figure suggests.
20 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
ScaleGrid 0
TigerData 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | ScaleGrid | TigerData |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | Yes — Free services are in beta, us-east-1 only, and go read-only at the storage limit. |
| Kind of free offer | Free trial | Free tier |
| Entry paid plan | Dedicated Hosting starts at $10/month for Redis; $13/month PostgreSQL, $18/month MongoDB, $23/month MySQL, all-inclusive of machine, disk and network costs. From the Dedicated Hosting Plans doc; the live /pricing/ calculator quotes higher figures (see notes). | Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separately. Scale starts at $36/month. |
| Pricing model | Two models: Dedicated Hosting, an all-inclusive plan covering machine, disk and network cost; or Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), management-only pricing where the cloud provider is billed separately. | Compute and storage are billed separately and hourly rather than as one plan price — compute from $30 a month, storage at $0.177 per GB-month, with the headline storage figure resting on an assumed 5x compression ratio. |
| Limits | ||
| Storage (entry plan) | 18 GB storage on NANO, the entry row of the pricing calculator for PostgreSQL on DigitalOcean (1 core, 1 GB RAM); IOPS listed as N/A. Calculator table; renders client-side, so the excerpt needs the render-fetch path. | Up to 16 TB per service on the Performance (entry) plan, billed on actual usage; 64 TB on Scale and Enterprise |
| Memory (entry plan) | 1 GB RAM on NANO, the entry row of the pricing calculator for PostgreSQL on DigitalOcean (1 core, 18 GB storage). Calculator table; renders client-side, so the excerpt needs the render-fetch path. | Up to 32 GB per service on the Performance (entry) plan; 128 GB on Scale and 256 GB on Enterprise |
| Execution | ||
| Managed connection pooling | Supported — PgBouncer for PostgreSQL, enabled at cluster creation or later, with pooling mode and pool size set by you. | Supported — pgBouncer pooler added per service in Console, in session or transaction mode. |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Regions | Six cloud providers: AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Akamai. Specific regional availability is not published on the pricing or product pages. | 13 AWS regions (US, Canada, Sao Paulo, Ireland, London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo) and 4 Azure regions for Tiger Cloud services |
| Data | ||
| Engine | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ and SQL Server. | PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, aimed at time-series, real-time analytics and events. A self-managed edition exists for on-prem and private cloud. |
| Connection limit | No platform cap published: max_connections (maximum permitted simultaneous client connections) is listed as a customer-editable MySQL server parameter in the ScaleGrid console. | max_connections settable 25-500 on services from 0.5 CPU / 2 GiB to 4 CPU / 16 GiB, and 25-2000 from 8 CPU / 32 GiB up; fixed at 25 on shared CPU |
| When idle | Manual pause/resume on Bring Your Own Cloud clusters: a paused cluster's nodes are stopped and its cloud VM costs stop, but ScaleGrid management costs continue and the data is unreachable until resumed. Only standard clusters using persistent storage; high-performance local-SSD clusters cannot be paused. | Billed while running: all active standard services are charged even when not in use, and unused ones must be paused or deleted manually |
| Database branching | Limited — Clone copies a backup's config and contents into a new, separately billed cluster, not an in-place branch. | Supported — Service forks, created at current state, last snapshot, or a timestamp in the plan recovery window. |
| Point-in-time recovery | PostgreSQL PITR: backups every 10 minutes by default, transaction logs retained 7 days; supported on Azure, DigitalOcean, EC2 and OCI only. | 3 days on Performance, with cross-region backups available for disaster recovery on higher tiers. |
| Read replicas | Supported — Converting a standalone deployment to a replica set: 2 + 1 quorum or 3 nodes, in datacenter regions you pick. | Supported |
| Backup retention | Up to five backups per deployment on ScaleGrid's dedicated hosting plans. | One full backup weekly plus daily incrementals, kept for the plan recovery period; Enterprise can set 14-180 days; cross-region copies always kept 14 days |
| Rewind in place | Not supported — PITR restores via Peek at Backup or Clone into a brand new cluster; the source deployment is not rewound. | Not supported — Recovery is to a PITR fork you point the app at; the original service stays untouched. |
| Compliance | ||
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II audited against the Security trust service criterion by Insight Assurance; report available on request through the Trust Center form. | SOC 2 Type 2 compliant; the annual report is available to customers on the Scale or Enterprise pricing plans by support ticket. |
| HIPAA | HIPAA compliance listed under Support for ScaleGrid Enterprise (on-premises / private cloud) deployments. Stated for the Enterprise plan only; the SOC 2 trust page does not mention HIPAA. | The Tiger Cloud Enterprise plan is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. Enterprise plan only. |
| GDPR / data residency | GDPR DPA published with EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Module Two) for EEA transfers; ScaleGrid itself is located in the United States. | Complies with EU GDPR; all customer data is processed under Tiger Data's GDPR-compliant Data Processor Addendum, which applies to all customers. |
| Encryption at rest | Optional encryption at rest for data and backups; when enabled, backups are encrypted and can only be mounted on the database machines. | Both active databases and backups are encrypted at rest (and in transit) with the industry-standard AES-256 algorithm. |
| Role-based access control | Role-Based Access Control in the ScaleGrid console: roles and permissions can be assigned to the users on a team account. | Project-level role-based access with Owner, Admin, Developer and Viewer roles; database-level roles are managed separately per service. |
| Private networking / VPC | Bring Your Own Cloud plans can use VPCs (AWS VPC, GCP VPC, OCI VCN, Azure VNET) and Security Groups; Dedicated Hosting plans cannot. | VPC peering leaves no public internet access to the service; AWS PrivateLink private endpoints route traffic over the AWS network. |
| Dedicated infrastructure | Dedicated Hosting plans run on dedicated virtual machines hosted by ScaleGrid, exclusive to a single client or business. | Managed Service for TimescaleDB (TimescaleDB hosted with Aiven): each service virtual machine is dedicated to a single customer, never multi-tenanted. Read on the MST security docs; scope is MST, not the Tiger Cloud platform. |
Where they differ.
Free tier
- ScaleGrid
- No
- TigerData
- Yes — Free services are in beta, us-east-1 only, and go read-only at the storage limit.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid Pricing ↗
“Dive in for free Explore free for a full week-no credit card, no hassle.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
- About Tiger Cloud services | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“You create free and standard services in Tiger Console. A standard service comes with the full range of features according to your pricing plan. A free service comes at zero cost and gives you limited features and resources. [...] Free services come with pre-configured CPU and memory, are hosted in us-east-1 region, and offer limited resources with a basic feature scope.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Kind of free offer
- ScaleGrid
- Free trial
- TigerData
- Free tier
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid Pricing ↗
“Dive in for free Explore free for a full week-no credit card, no hassle.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
- About Tiger Cloud services | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“You create free and standard services in Tiger Console. A standard service comes with the full range of features according to your pricing plan. A free service comes at zero cost and gives you limited features and resources. [...] Free services come with pre-configured CPU and memory, are hosted in us-east-1 region, and offer limited resources with a basic feature scope.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Entry paid plan
- ScaleGrid
- Dedicated Hosting starts at $10/month for Redis; $13/month PostgreSQL, $18/month MongoDB, $23/month MySQL, all-inclusive of machine, disk and network costs. From the Dedicated Hosting Plans doc; the live /pricing/ calculator quotes higher figures (see notes).
- TigerData
- Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separately. Scale starts at $36/month.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Dedicated Hosting Plans: ScaleGrid for PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB — ScaleGrid Docs ↗
“Dedicated Hosting pricing starts at $18/month for MongoDB®, $10/month for Redis™, $23/month for MySQL, and $13/month for PostgreSQL.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“Performance Compute starts at $ 30 / month Storage priced at $0.177 / GB-month [...] Scale Most popular Compute starts at $ 36 / month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Pricing model
- ScaleGrid
- Two models: Dedicated Hosting, an all-inclusive plan covering machine, disk and network cost; or Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), management-only pricing where the cloud provider is billed separately.
- TigerData
- Compute and storage are billed separately and hourly rather than as one plan price — compute from $30 a month, storage at $0.177 per GB-month, with the headline storage figure resting on an assumed 5x compression ratio.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid Pricing ↗
“Dedicated Hosting: All-inclusive plans covering machine, disk, and network costs. Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC): Management-only pricing; you pay cloud provider separately.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“Pay as you go hourly Compute starts at $30/month Storage priced at $0.177/GB-month [...] Effective storage price is based on 5x compression (average customer savings).”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Storage (entry plan)
- ScaleGrid
- 18 GB storage on NANO, the entry row of the pricing calculator for PostgreSQL on DigitalOcean (1 core, 1 GB RAM); IOPS listed as N/A. Calculator table; renders client-side, so the excerpt needs the render-fetch path.
- TigerData
- Up to 16 TB per service on the Performance (entry) plan, billed on actual usage; 64 TB on Scale and Enterprise
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Database Hosting Pricing - Choose Your Plan | ScaleGrid ↗
“CORE (S) RAM (GB) STORAGE (GB) MONTHLY PRICE (USD) [...] NANO 1 1 18 IOPS: N/A”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
- Billing and account management | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Storage limit per service Up to 16 TB Up to 64 TB Up to 64 TB”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
Memory (entry plan)
- ScaleGrid
- 1 GB RAM on NANO, the entry row of the pricing calculator for PostgreSQL on DigitalOcean (1 core, 18 GB storage). Calculator table; renders client-side, so the excerpt needs the render-fetch path.
- TigerData
- Up to 32 GB per service on the Performance (entry) plan; 128 GB on Scale and 256 GB on Enterprise
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Database Hosting Pricing - Choose Your Plan | ScaleGrid ↗
“CORE (S) RAM (GB) STORAGE (GB) MONTHLY PRICE (USD) [...] NANO 1 1 18 IOPS: N/A”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
- Billing and account management | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Memory limit per service Up to 32 GB Up to 128 GB Up to 256 GB”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
Regions
- ScaleGrid
- Six cloud providers: AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Akamai. Specific regional availability is not published on the pricing or product pages.
- TigerData
- 13 AWS regions (US, Canada, Sao Paulo, Ireland, London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo) and 4 Azure regions for Tiger Cloud services
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid MySQL Hosting ↗
“AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud (OCI), Akamai.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official site
- Supported regions | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Tiger Cloud services run in the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) regions: [...] Tiger Cloud services run in the following Microsoft Azure regions:”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Engine
- ScaleGrid
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ and SQL Server.
- TigerData
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, aimed at time-series, real-time analytics and events. A self-managed edition exists for on-prem and private cloud.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid Pricing ↗
“MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, SQL Server.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“TimescaleDB Enterprise Self-managed TimescaleDB for on-prem, edge and private cloud Open source TimescaleDB Time-series, real-time analytics and events”
Read 2026-09-06 · official site
Connection limit
- ScaleGrid
- No platform cap published: max_connections (maximum permitted simultaneous client connections) is listed as a customer-editable MySQL server parameter in the ScaleGrid console.
- TigerData
- max_connections settable 25-500 on services from 0.5 CPU / 2 GiB to 4 CPU / 16 GiB, and 25-2000 from 8 CPU / 32 GiB up; fixed at 25 on shared CPU
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- MySQL Configuration Settings — ScaleGrid Docs ↗
“max_connections Maximum permitted number of simultaneous client connections. Yes”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Connection pooling | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“You can set max_connections within the following ranges, based on your service memory and CPU configuration: Configuration Minimum Maximum Shared memory and CPU 25 25 From 0.5 CPU / 2 GiB to 4 CPU / 16 GiB 25 500 8 CPU / 32 GiB and more 25 2000”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
When idle
- ScaleGrid
- Manual pause/resume on Bring Your Own Cloud clusters: a paused cluster's nodes are stopped and its cloud VM costs stop, but ScaleGrid management costs continue and the data is unreachable until resumed. Only standard clusters using persistent storage; high-performance local-SSD clusters cannot be paused.
- TigerData
- Billed while running: all active standard services are charged even when not in use, and unused ones must be paused or deleted manually
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- New Feature for BYOC - Pausing and Resuming Clusters ↗
“you will be able to pause a running cluster, putting it in a “Paused” state. The “Paused” state means that all cluster nodes are in a stopped state. While a cluster is “Paused” you will no longer get charged for your cloud provider’s VM costs [...] you will still get charged for the ScaleGrid management cost [...] This feature is only available on standard clusters using persistent storage”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site
- Billing and account management | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“You are charged for all active standard services in your account, even if you are not actively using them. To reduce costs, pause or delete your unused services.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing
Database branching
- ScaleGrid
- Limited — Clone copies a backup's config and contents into a new, separately billed cluster, not an in-place branch.
- TigerData
- Supported — Service forks, created at current state, last snapshot, or a timestamp in the plan recovery window.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- PostgreSQL Backup Clone ↗
“you can use the PostgreSQL Clone feature. This allows you to carry over the configuration of that backup along with all its contents to a new cluster. [...] Clone creates a new cluster with the same config and backup contents that you can connect to and examine the data. [...] Standard pricing rules apply for this newly created deployment”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Fork services | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Fork a service to create isolated database branches for testing and development [...] A fork is an exact copy of a service at a specific point in time, with its own independent data and configuration”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Point-in-time recovery
- ScaleGrid
- PostgreSQL PITR: backups every 10 minutes by default, transaction logs retained 7 days; supported on Azure, DigitalOcean, EC2 and OCI only.
- TigerData
- 3 days on Performance, with cross-region backups available for disaster recovery on higher tiers.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- PostgreSQL Point In Time Recovery (PITR) — ScaleGrid Docs ↗
“by default, they are scheduled to happen every 10 minutes, and transaction logs will be retained for a duration of 7 days [...] Point In Time Recovery is supported on the following cloud providers: Azure, DigitalOcean, EC2, and OCI.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Pricing — TigerData ↗
“Point-in-time-recovery to 3 days Performance Insights Basic support (9-5 ET)”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Backup retention
- ScaleGrid
- Up to five backups per deployment on ScaleGrid's dedicated hosting plans.
- TigerData
- One full backup weekly plus daily incrementals, kept for the plan recovery period; Enterprise can set 14-180 days; cross-region copies always kept 14 days
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid Pricing ↗
“ScaleGrid offers up to five backups per deployment on ScaleGrid's dedicated hosting plans.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Back up and recover services | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Tiger Cloud automatically creates one full backup every week, and incremental backups every day in the same region as your service. [...] on Enterprise you can set a retention period of up to 180 days for each service. [...] Cross-region backups are always kept for 14 days.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
SOC 2
- ScaleGrid
- SOC 2 Type II audited against the Security trust service criterion by Insight Assurance; report available on request through the Trust Center form.
- TigerData
- SOC 2 Type 2 compliant; the annual report is available to customers on the Scale or Enterprise pricing plans by support ticket.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid SOC 2 Type II Audited Controls ↗
“ScaleGrid’s SOC 2 Type II audit focused on the Security trust service criterion and evaluated the effectiveness of our Security controls and operational practices over time. The audit was conducted by independent audit firm Insight Assurance. [...] Customers and prospective customers may request access to ScaleGrid’s SOC 2 Type II report and supporting security documentation through the request form on this page.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site
- About security in Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Tiger Cloud is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant. [...] The annual SOC 2 report is available to customers on the Scale or Enterprise pricing plans. Open a support ticket to get access to it.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
HIPAA
- ScaleGrid
- HIPAA compliance listed under Support for ScaleGrid Enterprise (on-premises / private cloud) deployments. Stated for the Enterprise plan only; the SOC 2 trust page does not mention HIPAA.
- TigerData
- The Tiger Cloud Enterprise plan is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. Enterprise plan only.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- ScaleGrid Enterprise: Fully Managed DB Hosting On-premises | BYOC ↗
“Enterprise support packages, installation & training, documentation, HIPAA & PCI compliance”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site
- About security in Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“The Tiger Cloud Enterprise plan is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
GDPR / data residency
- ScaleGrid
- GDPR DPA published with EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Module Two) for EEA transfers; ScaleGrid itself is located in the United States.
- TigerData
- Complies with EU GDPR; all customer data is processed under Tiger Data's GDPR-compliant Data Processor Addendum, which applies to all customers.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Data Processing Addendum (DPA) | ScaleGrid ↗
“ScaleGrid is located in the United States and to the extent any processing of Personal Data of Data Subjects located in the EEA by ScaleGrid takes place in any country outside the EEA (other than exclusively in an Adequate Country), there must be a lawful basis for this transfer as required by the Data Protection Legislation.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site
- About security in Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Tiger Data complies with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [...] All customer data is processed in accordance with Tiger Data's GDPR-compliant”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Encryption at rest
- ScaleGrid
- Optional encryption at rest for data and backups; when enabled, backups are encrypted and can only be mounted on the database machines.
- TigerData
- Both active databases and backups are encrypted at rest (and in transit) with the industry-standard AES-256 algorithm.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Data Processing Addendum (DPA) | ScaleGrid — Annex B: Security Measures ↗
“Encryption at rest options are provided to encrypt your data and backups [...] If Encryption at rest is enabled the backups are also encrypted and can only be mounted on the database machines”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site
- About security in Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Your data on Tiger Cloud is encrypted both in transit and at rest. Both active databases and backups are encrypted. [...] Data encryption uses the industry-standard AES-256 algorithm.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Role-based access control
- ScaleGrid
- Role-Based Access Control in the ScaleGrid console: roles and permissions can be assigned to the users on a team account.
- TigerData
- Project-level role-based access with Owner, Admin, Developer and Viewer roles; database-level roles are managed separately per service.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Team Accounts — ScaleGrid Docs ↗
“ScaleGrid offers Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) so you can easily assign roles and permissions to your”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Control user access to projects | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Tiger Cloud creates a project with built-in role-based access [...] A Developer can build, deploy, and operate services across projects, but does not have administrative privileges over users, roles, or billing.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Private networking / VPC
- ScaleGrid
- Bring Your Own Cloud plans can use VPCs (AWS VPC, GCP VPC, OCI VCN, Azure VNET) and Security Groups; Dedicated Hosting plans cannot.
- TigerData
- VPC peering leaves no public internet access to the service; AWS PrivateLink private endpoints route traffic over the AWS network.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Dedicated Hosting Plans: ScaleGrid for PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB — ScaleGrid Docs ↗
“There are a few limitations on the cloud management side compared to our Bring Your Own Cloud plans, where you can use Virtual Private Clouds (AWS VPC, GCP VPC, OCI VCN, and Azure VNET), Reserved Instances, and Security Groups by hosting in your own cloud account.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- About security in Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“When using VPC peering, no public Internet-based access is provided to the service. [...] Tiger Cloud enables you to connect to your services through a private endpoint in AWS using AWS PrivateLink.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
Dedicated infrastructure
- ScaleGrid
- Dedicated Hosting plans run on dedicated virtual machines hosted by ScaleGrid, exclusive to a single client or business.
- TigerData
- Managed Service for TimescaleDB (TimescaleDB hosted with Aiven): each service virtual machine is dedicated to a single customer, never multi-tenanted. Read on the MST security docs; scope is MST, not the Tiger Cloud platform.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Dedicated Hosting Plans: ScaleGrid for PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB — ScaleGrid Docs ↗
“Dedicated Hosting is a hosting solution that provides a dedicated server(s) exclusive to a single client or business. [...] All Dedicated Hosting plans are hosted on your own dedicated virtual machines hosted by ScaleGrid.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
- Security (Managed Service for TimescaleDB) | Tiger Data Docs ↗
“Your MST services are located on one or more virtual machines. Each virtual machine is dedicated to a single customer, and is never multi-tenanted.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: ScaleGrid or TigerData?
ScaleGrid: Dedicated Hosting starts at $10/month for Redis; $13/month PostgreSQL, $18/month MongoDB, $23/month MySQL, all-inclusive of machine, disk and network costs. From the Dedicated Hosting Plans doc; the live /pricing/ calculator quotes higher figures (see notes).
TigerData: Compute starts at $30/month on Performance, billed hourly, with storage charged separately. Scale starts at $36/month.
Free tier: ScaleGrid or TigerData?
ScaleGrid: No
TigerData: Yes — Free services are in beta, us-east-1 only, and go read-only at the storage limit.
Storage (entry plan): ScaleGrid or TigerData?
ScaleGrid: 18 GB storage on NANO, the entry row of the pricing calculator for PostgreSQL on DigitalOcean (1 core, 1 GB RAM); IOPS listed as N/A. Calculator table; renders client-side, so the excerpt needs the render-fetch path.
TigerData: Up to 16 TB per service on the Performance (entry) plan, billed on actual usage; 64 TB on Scale and Enterprise
Should I choose ScaleGrid or TigerData?
Pick ScaleGrid if Teams that already have a favored database engine and cloud provider but want someone else operating it — the BYOC model bills infrastructure at cost and adds management on top, worth it if the operational burden is the actual problem.
Pick TigerData if Time-series and analytics workloads that want to stay in Postgres — TimescaleDB's compression is the reason the storage line is affordable at volume.