Free databases 🙌

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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