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Kafka pricing: MSK vs Confluent vs serverless

A 2026 comparison of managed Apache Kafka pricing — AWS MSK provisioned and serverless, Confluent Cloud, and Aiven — with real monthly costs.

2026-06-12 How to cut managed-database costs

Practical ways to lower your managed-database bill in 2026 — right-sizing, reserved capacity, storage and transfer, serverless and engine choice.

2026-05-20 Managed MySQL compared: RDS vs Cloud SQL vs PlanetScale

A 2026 cost comparison of managed MySQL: AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure, PlanetScale and Aiven, with real monthly prices and pricing models.

2026-05-01 Serverless vs provisioned databases: which is cheaper?

When serverless databases beat provisioned instances on cost, and when they don't — a 2026 guide using real managed-database pricing.

2026-04-02 MongoDB Atlas pricing explained (2026)

How MongoDB Atlas pricing works in 2026: the free M0 tier, the usage-based Flex tier, and the dedicated M10-M40 cluster tiers with real monthly costs.

2026-03-05 Cheapest managed Redis in 2026

The cheapest managed Redis and Valkey options in 2026, from free tiers to the lowest paid plans across ElastiCache, Upstash, Redis Cloud and Aiven.

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