Managed databases and search pricing
Managed databases price by compute and storage per hour, search services by records indexed and queries served, and both come with a free tier sized for a side project. The open-source vendors in the list sell the hosted version of software you could run yourself, which keeps their published prices honest.
Exhibit 1
Upstash is the cheapest way in at $0.20, against $119 for AddSearch
Entry price of each product, USD per month
- UpstashPay as You Go$0.20
- PlanetScaleBase$5
- RedisEssentials$5
- NeonLaunch$15
- ElasticStandard$99
- AddSearchKeyword Search$119
Managed databases and search compared
Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.
| Product | Starts at | Top listed plan | Priced by | Free plan | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AddSearch | $119 per month, billed annually, starting priceKeyword Search, USD per month, billed annually, starting price | $700 per month, billed annually, starting priceAI Answers | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Algolia | contact sales | contact sales | Contact sales | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 Cockroach Labs | $0.092 per vCPU-hour, usage-based (AWS us-east-1), about $203 per month for 2 vCPU and 100 GBStandard, USD per vCPU-hour, usage-based, about $203 per month for 2 vCPU and 100 GB | $0.162 per vCPU-hour, usage-based (AWS us-east-1), about $1,528 per month for 12 vCPU and 100 GBMission Critical | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Crate.io | $0.073 per hour, shared cluster (free tier with 2 vCPUs, 2 GB RAM, 8 GB storage available)Shared, USD per hour, shared cluster | $0.246 per hour, dedicated cluster, incl. basic supportDedicated | unknown | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Dgraph Labs | free | free | unknown | No | none yet |
 Elastic | $99 per month, starting price (120 GB storage, 2 zones), resource-basedStandard, USD per month, starting price, resource-based | $184 per month, starting price (120 GB storage, 2 zones), resource-basedEnterprise | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 MongoDB | $0.011 per hour, usage-based, up to $30 per monthAtlas Flex, USD per hour, usage-based, up to $30 per month | $0.09 per hourAtlas Infinite (public preview) | Flat per account | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 Neon | $15 per month, typical spend, intermittent loadLaunch, USD per month | $701 per month, typical spend, high loadScale | Flat per account | Yes | read Sep 2026 |
 PlanetScale | $5 per month, starting price for a single-node Postgres database, resource-based pay as you goBase, USD per month, starting price for a single-node Postgres database, resource-based pay as you go | contact sales | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Redis | $5 per month, starting price (from $0.007 per hour)Essentials, USD per month, starting price | $200 per month, minimum (from $0.014 per hour)Pro | Flat per account | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 Snowflake | $2 per credit, AWS US East, on-demandStandard, USD per credit, AWS US East, on-demand | $4 per credit, AWS US East, on-demandBusiness Critical | unknown | No | read Sep 2026 |
 Upstash | $0.20 per 100K commandsPay as You Go, USD per month | $10 per monthFixed 1GB | Flat per account | Yes | read Sep 2026 |
Managed databases and search pricing questions
- What does a database service cost?
- Paid plans start at $119 per month, billed annually, starting price for AddSearch (USD per month, billed annually, starting price), $0.092 per vCPU-hour, usage-based (AWS us-east-1), about $203 per month for 2 vCPU and 100 GB for Cockroach Labs (USD per vCPU-hour, usage-based, about $203 per month for 2 vCPU and 100 GB), $0.073 per hour, shared cluster (free tier with 2 vCPUs, 2 GB RAM, 8 GB storage available) for Crate.io (USD per hour, shared cluster), $99 per month, starting price (120 GB storage, 2 zones), resource-based for Elastic (USD per month, starting price, resource-based), $0.011 per hour, usage-based, up to $30 per month for MongoDB (USD per hour, usage-based, up to $30 per month), $15 per month, typical spend, intermittent load for Neon (USD per month), $5 per month, starting price for a single-node Postgres database, resource-based pay as you go for PlanetScale (USD per month, starting price for a single-node Postgres database, resource-based pay as you go), $5 per month, starting price (from $0.007 per hour) for Redis (USD per month, starting price), $2 per credit, AWS US East, on-demand for Snowflake (USD per credit, AWS US East, on-demand), $0.20 per 100K commands for Upstash (USD per month). Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
- What is database service pricing based on?
- AddSearch and Cockroach Labs and Elastic and MongoDB and Neon and PlanetScale and Redis and Upstash: flat per account. Algolia: contact sales.
- Which managed databases and search have a free plan?
- Algolia, MongoDB, Neon, Redis, Upstash list a free plan next to the paid tiers.
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