Best Free Database Tools

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Aiven

Free tier available

Managed open source data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, etc.)

Switching Cost: moderate

A

Appwrite

Free tier available

Open-source backend-as-a-service platform with auth, databases, storage, and serverless functions

Switching Cost: moderate

B

Bytebase

Free tier available

Database DevOps platform for schema migration, SQL review, data masking, and change management

Switching Cost: moderate

C

ClickHouse Cloud

Free tier available

Column-oriented OLAP database for real-time analytics with compute-compute separation and serverless scaling

Switching Cost: significant

C

CockroachDB

Free tier available

Distributed SQL database built for cloud-native applications with PostgreSQL compatibility and multi-region support

Switching Cost: moderate

C

Convex

Free tier available

Reactive backend platform with real-time sync, server functions, and integrated database

Switching Cost: significant

D

Dragonfly

Free tier available

Redis and Memcached compatible in-memory data store, with managed cloud offering

Switching Cost: drop-in

D

Drizzle Studio

Free tier available

Fully open-source database management studio for Drizzle ORM with visual schema explorer

Switching Cost: drop-in

F

Firebase

Free tier available

Google's app development platform with Firestore database, Realtime Database, authentication, hosting, and serverless functions

Switching Cost: architectural

G

Grafbase

Free tier available

Rust-based GraphQL federation gateway with edge caching and schema governance

Switching Cost: moderate

H

Hasura

Free tier available

Instant GraphQL and REST APIs on your data sources with Hasura DDN edge network

Switching Cost: significant

M

Materialize

Free tier available

Streaming SQL database for real-time materialized views with PostgreSQL wire compatibility

Switching Cost: significant

M

MindsDB

Free tier available

AI database middleware for connecting AI models to enterprise data via SQL interface

Switching Cost: moderate

M

MongoDB Atlas

Free tier available

Fully managed cloud database service for MongoDB with automated scaling, backups, and multi-cloud deployment

Switching Cost: significant

M

MotherDuck

Free tier available

Serverless analytics platform built on DuckDB with hybrid local/cloud execution

Switching Cost: moderate

N

Neon

Free tier available

Serverless Postgres platform with autoscaling, branching, and scale-to-zero

Switching Cost: drop-in

N

Nhost

Free tier available

Open-source Firebase alternative built on PostgreSQL and Hasura with auth and storage

Switching Cost: moderate

P

PocketBase

Free tier available

Open-source backend in a single Go binary with SQLite, auth, and realtime subscriptions

Switching Cost: drop-in

R

Redis Cloud

Free tier available

Managed Redis database service with in-memory caching, real-time data, and multi-model support

Switching Cost: moderate

S

Supabase

Free tier available

Open-source Firebase alternative with PostgreSQL database, authentication, realtime subscriptions, edge functions, and storage

Switching Cost: drop-in

S

SurrealDB

Free tier available

Multi-model database with SQL-like query language, graph relations, and real-time subscriptions

Switching Cost: significant

T

Turso

Free tier available

Edge-hosted SQLite-compatible database with embedded replicas

Switching Cost: moderate

U

Upstash

Free tier available

Serverless Redis and Kafka with per-request pricing and global replication

Switching Cost: drop-in