Free databases 🙌

ElephantSQL is a fully-managed PostgreSQL database hosting service. It handles administrative tasks, provides automated backups, performance metrics, and enables easy scaling, all with high security and various plans including a free tier.

Will shut down on January 27, 2025.

Neon is a serverless open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres. It separates storage and compute and substitutes the PostgreSQL storage layer by redistributing data across a cluster of nodes.

Vercel Postgres is a serverless SQL database designed to integrate with Vercel Functions and your frontend framework.

FaunaDB is a globally distributed, serverless, cloud-based NoSQL database service that is optimized for modern application development. It offers ACID transactions, GraphQL support, relational data model, and built-in security at the row and field level, making it a versatile solution for web, mobile, and serverless applications.

Convex.dev is a serverless infrastructure company offering a reactive backend-as-a-service platform with global state management capabilities for simplified and scalable web development.

Upstash is a serverless database platform that offers a fully managed and scalable Redis service, optimized for serverless and edge computing. It provides high performance with low latency, durable storage, and support for many Redis features.

Xata.io is a serverless database designed for modern development. It easily integrates into the developer workflow, aiming to provide an optimal data experience for Github, Vercel, and Netlify based deployments

TiDB Cloud is a fully-managed cloud service for the TiDB Platform, providing a scalable, resilient, and distributed SQL database managed by PingCAP, which allows users to focus on their applications and data.

Deta Space is a cloud-hosting service that enables users to run sandboxed apps in a personal cloud, providing full visibility of app data storage. It also offers a marketplace for developers, simplifying app creation by handling infrastructure management, including servers, security, data, and payments.

Koyeb is a developer-friendly serverless platform to deploy apps globally. No-ops, servers, and infrastructure management.

The PocketHost.io database utilizes an internal SQLite instance, which is favored for its performance advantages over other databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL, making it suitable for powering applications efficiently. This setup provides users with a simple and efficient way to manage data for their hosted projects without the need for extensive database configuration.

Tembo is a Postgres developer platform for building every application and data service. It collapses the database sprawl of the modern data stack with a unified developer platform.

CockroachDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that is designed to store copies of data in multiple locations in order to deliver speedy access. Its key features include horizontal scaling, strong consistency, and survivability, hence the name “Cockroach”.

Aiven.io is a managed cloud services provider offering cloud database and messaging services, including Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, among others, across several major cloud platforms. Its services encompass automated backups, failover/redundancy, monitoring, and more.

Turso is a serverless, edge computing platform that enhances application performance globally while prioritizing data security and developer experience

YugabyteDB is an open-source, high-performance, distributed SQL database built on a scalable and fault-tolerant design inspired by Google Spanner. It supports API compatibility with PostgreSQL and linear scalability, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, from mainframe migration and microservices to real-time analytics.

Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications, providing tools and services to build, improve, and grow your app. It offers a multitude of services including a real-time NoSQL database (Firestore), user authentication, cloud storage, hosting, machine learning, and serverless functions (Cloud Functions).

Supabase is an open-source alternative to Firebase, providing a backend-as-a-service with real-time database, authentication, and storage. It utilizes PostgreSQL and offers RESTful and real-time APIs for rapid application development.

MongoDB Atlas is a multi-cloud database service by the same people that build MongoDB. Atlas simplifies deploying and managing your databases while offering the versatility you need to build resilient and performant global applications on the cloud providers of your choice.

Fly.io is a developer-friendly hosting service that deploys applications globally for faster performance and lower latency. It supports automatic SSL, custom domains, and scalable infrastructure.

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