DBPriceBook

Managed database pricing, compared by engine and provider — MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, ClickHouse and Cassandra.

DBPriceBook compares managed database pricing across 6 non-Postgres engines and 20 offerings. The cheapest entry points: a free MongoDB Atlas M0 or Upstash Redis free tier ($0), a managed MySQL instance from about $12/month (Azure B1ms) and a MongoDB Atlas M10 from ~$57/month. The priciest is Kafka: a small MSK cluster runs ~$447/month because it needs multiple brokers. Use the cost estimator to pick an engine, provider and tier, then read each offering's full breakdown. Prices are a June-2026 snapshot; verify on the linked vendor pricing page before relying on them.

Data as of June 2026.

Browse by engine

Engine	Type	Offerings tracked
MySQL	Relational (SQL)	5
Redis / Valkey	In-memory key-value cache	4
MongoDB	Document (NoSQL)	2
Apache Kafka	Event streaming	4
ClickHouse	Columnar analytics (OLAP)	3
Apache Cassandra	Wide-column (NoSQL)	2

Source: Vendor pricing pages. Data as of June 2026.

MySQL

Relational (SQL)

Redis / Valkey

In-memory key-value cache

MongoDB

Document (NoSQL)

Apache Kafka

Event streaming

ClickHouse

Columnar analytics (OLAP)

Apache Cassandra

Wide-column (NoSQL)

Popular offerings

MongoDB Atlas

MongoDB · MongoDB · ~$57/mo

Amazon RDS for MySQL

MySQL · Amazon Web Services · ~$52/mo

Amazon ElastiCache

Redis / Valkey · Amazon Web Services · ~$12/mo

Amazon MSK

Apache Kafka · Amazon Web Services · ~$447/mo

ClickHouse Cloud

ClickHouse · ClickHouse Inc. · ~$66/mo

DataStax Astra DB

Apache Cassandra · DataStax (IBM) · Free / usage

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What you can look up

Per-engine comparisons — every provider's tiers for MySQL, Redis/Valkey, MongoDB, Kafka, ClickHouse and Cassandra.
Per-offering pricing — a page for every offering with its tier table, pricing model, free tier, pros/cons and a link to the vendor's pricing page.
Head-to-head comparisons — like RDS MySQL vs Cloud SQL, Atlas vs DocumentDB, ElastiCache vs Upstash and MSK vs Confluent.
Free tiers — which offerings have a genuine free tier or allowance.
Monthly cost estimate — the estimator totals an engine + provider + tier.

Cheapest entry points

DataStax Astra DB — Free / usage
Redis Cloud — ~$7/mo
Upstash Redis — ~$10/mo
Amazon ElastiCache — ~$12/mo
PlanetScale — ~$39/mo
Tinybird — ~$49/mo
Amazon RDS for MySQL — ~$52/mo
MongoDB Atlas — ~$57/mo

Has a free tier

Full list →

Guides

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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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Where the data comes from

Every figure is a dated snapshot taken from each vendor's own published pricing page — MongoDB Atlas, AWS (RDS, ElastiCache, DocumentDB, MSK), Google Cloud SQL, Azure, PlanetScale, Aiven, Upstash, Redis Cloud, Confluent, ClickHouse Cloud, Tinybird, DataStax Astra and NetApp Instaclustr. Managed-database pricing changes frequently, so each page shows the June 2026 snapshot date and links to the vendor's page. We deliberately exclude managed PostgreSQL as a primary engine (a sibling site covers it). See our methodology for how derived figures are calculated. Prices are a June-2026 snapshot; verify on the linked vendor pricing page before relying on them.

Last updated: 2026-06-20