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Aiven for PostgreSQL® free tier

Use Aiven for PostgreSQL® for free. You don't need a credit card to sign up and you can use it indefinitely free of charge.

Features and limitations​

Free PostgreSQL services include:

  • A single node
  • 1 CPU per virtual machine
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 1 GB disk storage
  • Monitoring for metrics and logs
  • Backups

There are some limitations of the free tier:

  • Cannot create the service in a VPC
  • No static IPs
  • No integrations
  • No forking
  • No connection pooling
  • max_connections limit set to 20
  • No support services
  • Only one service of each service type in your organization
  • Not covered under Aiven's 99.99% SLA

Free services do not have any time limitations. However, Aiven reserves the right to:

  • Shut down services if Aiven believes they violate the acceptable use policy or are unused for some time. A notification is sent before services are powered off. You can power them back on at any time.
  • Change the cloud provider, region, or configuration at any point in time.

To try a paid plan or use advanced features, start a free 30-day trial.

Upgrade or downgrade a free service​

You can upgrade your free service to a paid plan at any time by adding a payment method to the project's billing group or by starting a free trial. To upgrade a free service:

  1. Go to the service Overview page.
  2. In the Service plan usage section, click Upgrade plan.

The upgrade happens immediately; however, it can take up to 3 hours for Basic tier support to be available.

You can also downgrade a paid plan to the free tier as long as:

  • The data you have in that trial or paid service fits into the smaller instance size.
  • The free tier is available in the same cloud as the paid plan.