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Managed databases · 13 alternatives · Aiven iScore 69 (#3/14)

Every managed databases provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Aiven's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Aiven's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. SupabaseKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free72#1/14
  2. NeonKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free69#2/14
  3. TigerDataKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free69#4/14
  4. TursoKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free69#5/14
  5. Prisma PostgresEntry paid plan: $10/month for Starter. Pro is $49 and Business $129, each including a larger request allo…68#6/14
  6. FirebaseKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free68#7/14
  7. Amazon AuroraKind of free offer: Introductory free tier vs Always free68#8/14
  8. Amazon RDSKind of free offer: Introductory free tier vs Always free67#9/14
  9. NileKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free67#10/14
  10. PlanetScaleEntry paid plan: $5/month for a single-node Postgres database on network-attached storage; PlanetScale Met…67#11/14
  11. Crunchy BridgeEntry paid plan: $9 a month for Hobby-0 — 2 cores, 512 MB, AWS only. Crunchy says the Hobby tier runs on l…67#12/14
  12. ScaleGridKind of free offer: Free trial vs Always free67#13/14
  13. Neo4jKind of free offer: Free tier vs Always free64#14/14

Where Aiven stands against these 13

Aiven's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
Yes. 8 of the 12 alternatives that document it have one: Firebase, Neo4j, Neon, Nile, Prisma Postgres, Supabase and 2 more.
Entry paid plan
$5 a month for Developer — one VM, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB storage, with no choice of cloud or region and no…Joint 2nd cheapest of the 9 that document it. Cheapest: Turso — $4.99/month for Developer, the cheapest paid plan.
Uptime SLA
99.99% from Startup ($75/month), the entry paid plan, upwardJoint highest of the 4 that document it. Level with: Firebase — 99.999% monthly uptime for multi-region locations and 99.99% for regional locations.
Connection limit
Set per plan, not by a formula: 100 on the entry paid plan (Startup-4), rising to 200, 400, 800 and 1000 as…Joint 3rd highest of the 5 that document it. Highest: Nile — 10,000 connections on Pro, with connection pooling included.
Backup retention
By plan: none on Hobbyist, 2 days on Startup, 14 on Business, 30 on PremiumJoint 5th highest of the 6 that document it. Highest: Crunchy Bridge — 10 days, included in the cluster price rather than sold as a tier, and extendable by configuring additional…

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