Managed database pricing by engine

Pick a database engine to see every managed provider's pricing side by side. We track 20 offerings across 6 non-Postgres engines: MySQL (RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure, PlanetScale, Aiven), Redis/Valkey (ElastiCache, Upstash, Redis Cloud, Aiven), MongoDB (Atlas, DocumentDB), Apache Kafka (MSK, Confluent, Aiven), ClickHouse (ClickHouse Cloud, Aiven, Tinybird) and Cassandra (DataStax Astra, Instaclustr). Each engine page shows a representative-tier comparison table and links to every offering.

Data as of June 2026.

MySQL

Relational (SQL) · 5 offerings

MySQL is the world's most popular open-source relational database. Managed MySQL is sold either as a sized instance you rent by the hour (AWS RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure) or as a usage/cluster product (PlanetScale, Aiven). Redis / Valkey

In-memory key-value cache · 4 offerings

Redis (and its open-source fork Valkey) is an in-memory key-value store used for caching, sessions and queues. Managed Redis is priced either by node size (per GB of RAM) or per request in a serverless model. MongoDB

Document (NoSQL) · 2 offerings

MongoDB is the leading document database. The managed offering, MongoDB Atlas, has the richest tier matrix in this comparison; Amazon DocumentDB is a MongoDB-compatible alternative on AWS. Apache Kafka

Event streaming · 4 offerings

Apache Kafka is the standard for event streaming and log-based messaging. Managed Kafka is priced either by provisioned broker-hour or by throughput in a serverless model. ClickHouse

Columnar analytics (OLAP) · 3 offerings

ClickHouse is a fast columnar database for analytics and observability. Managed ClickHouse is sold by ClickHouse Cloud, Aiven and the ClickHouse-based platform Tinybird. Apache Cassandra

Wide-column (NoSQL) · 2 offerings

Apache Cassandra is a wide-column NoSQL database built for high write throughput and horizontal scale. Managed Cassandra is offered by DataStax Astra DB (serverless) and NetApp Instaclustr (per-node).

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Last updated: 2026-06-20