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scalegrid.io · Managed databases
SEPT 2026 audit

Managed hosting for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and more, across six cloud providers via dedicated or bring-your-own-cloud plans.

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Entry paid planDedicated 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).
RegionsAWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Akamai and DigitalOcean are named as examples, not as a list; the site footer names Oracle and Zadara instead of Akamai. No region list is published.
Free tierNo
CategoryManaged databases

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 29 criteria comparedSources last checked

ScaleGrid pricing at a glance

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… source ↗
Pricing model
Two models: Dedicated Hosting, an all-inclusive plan covering machine, disk and network cost; or Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)… source ↗
What the free plan includes
A full week of access with no credit card source ↗
When the free offer ends
7 days source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in ScaleGrid pricing below. How this free offer stacks up: cloud free tiers compared.

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

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.

Consider something else if…

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.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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ScaleGrid pricing

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Free tierNo
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Kind of free offerFree trial
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What the free plan includesA full week of access with no credit card. There is no ongoing free plan.
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Credit card to startNo
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When the free offer ends7 days.
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Entry paid planDedicated 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).
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Pricing modelTwo 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.
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  • ScaleGrid Pricing ↗

    “Our Dedicated Hosting plans are all-inclusive and cover machine cost, as well as your disk and network costs and up to 5 free backups. The Bring Your Own Cloud plans are management-only and connect to your existing cloud account so you pay for those costs with your cloud provider.”

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Startup credit programStartup Saver: up to 50% discount on ScaleGrid hosting for 12 months. — A discount on the invoice, not a credit balance.
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  • ScaleGrid Pricing ↗

    “Upto 50% Discount OVER 12 MONTHS Startup Saver Benefit from significant cost savings on our database management solutions, specifically tailored to support the dynamic needs of startups.”

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Limits

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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.
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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.
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Execution

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Managed connection poolingSupported — PgBouncer for PostgreSQL, enabled at cluster creation or later, with pooling mode and pool size set by you.
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  • Managing PgBouncer — ScaleGrid Docs ↗

    “PgBouncer, the most popular PostgreSQL Connection Pooler built-in to your ScaleGrid database management platform [...] The ScaleGrid platform handles all of the necessary PgBouncer maintenance, backend configurations, upgrades and security patches to keep the connection pooler optimized for your deployment.”

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Infrastructure

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RegionsAWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Akamai and DigitalOcean are named as examples, not as a list; the site footer names Oracle and Zadara instead of Akamai. No region list is published.
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  • ScaleGrid MySQL Hosting ↗

    “offering high availability, dedicated servers, and superuser control across major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Akamai and DigitalOcean”

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Data

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EngineMySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ and SQL Server.
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  • ScaleGrid Pricing ↗

    “ScaleGrid for MySQL™ ScaleGrid for PostgreSQL® ScaleGrid for MongoDB® ScaleGrid for Redis® ScaleGrid for RabbitMQ ScaleGrid for SQL Server®”

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Connection limitNo platform cap published: max_connections (maximum permitted simultaneous client connections) is listed as a customer-editable MySQL server parameter in the ScaleGrid console.
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When idleManual 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.
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  • 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”

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Database branchingLimited — Clone copies a backup's config and contents into a new, separately billed cluster, not an in-place branch.
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  • 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”

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Point-in-time recoveryPostgreSQL PITR: backups every 10 minutes by default, transaction logs retained 7 days; supported on Azure, DigitalOcean, EC2 and OCI only.
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Read replicasSupported — Converting a standalone deployment to a replica set: 2 + 1 quorum or 3 nodes, in datacenter regions you pick.
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Backup retentionUp to five backups per deployment on ScaleGrid's dedicated hosting plans.
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Rewind in placeNot supported — PITR restores via Peek at Backup or Clone into a brand new cluster; the source deployment is not rewound.
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Compliance

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SOC 2SOC 2 Type II audited against the Security trust service criterion by Insight Assurance; report available on request through the Trust Center form.
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  • 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.”

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HIPAAHIPAA 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.
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GDPR / data residencyGDPR DPA published with EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Module Two) for EEA transfers; ScaleGrid itself is located in the United States.
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  • 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.”

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PCI DSSPCI compliance listed under Support for ScaleGrid Enterprise (on-premises / private cloud) deployments. Stated for the Enterprise plan only; no PCI DSS attestation or level is published.
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Encryption at restOptional encryption at rest for data and backups; when enabled, backups are encrypted and can only be mounted on the database machines.
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Customer-managed keysBring Your Own Encryption Key lets customers control the OS encryption key used for their deployments, announced in the March 2026 platform updates. Listed under Other Relevant Updates in the platform's March 2026 product-update summary.
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Role-based access controlRole-Based Access Control in the ScaleGrid console: roles and permissions can be assigned to the users on a team account.
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Private networking / VPCBring Your Own Cloud plans can use VPCs (AWS VPC, GCP VPC, OCI VCN, Azure VNET) and Security Groups; Dedicated Hosting plans cannot.
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Dedicated infrastructureDedicated Hosting plans run on dedicated virtual machines hosted by ScaleGrid, exclusive to a single client or business.
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ScaleGrid pricing questions

How much does ScaleGrid cost?

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).

Dedicated Hosting Plans: ScaleGrid for PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, and MongoDB — ScaleGrid Docs · read

How does ScaleGrid charge?

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.

ScaleGrid Pricing · read

Does ScaleGrid have a free tier?

No free tier; the free offer is a free trial.

ScaleGrid Pricing · read

Does the ScaleGrid free offer expire?

7 days.

ScaleGrid Pricing · read

Do you need a credit card to start on ScaleGrid?

No.

ScaleGrid Pricing · read

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