1. Sign up for a trial
Starting a trial is easy and stress-free with our web-based console.
- No credit card needed
- No cloud account needed
- No install needed
Just sign up and you’re good to go.
Everything you need – for free
We provide a free 30-day trial, give you $300 credit to play with, and unrestricted access to our complete range of open source services.
When you’ve finished the trial period, you only pay for what you use. There are no hidden charges, and you can shut down and spin up clusters, add services, or change providers at the click of a button.
As easy as 1-2-3
2. Create a service
Once you’re in, you can spin up a cluster in under 10 minutes.
- Select a service
- Choose a provider, region and plan
- Name and create your service
That’s it! Welcome to the cloud.
3. Have fun
With everything up and running, it’s time to play around.
Find more ideas to get started below.
What is Aiven?
With Aiven, you’ll never need to worry about managing your data infra again. We’ll take care of it for you.
All your favourite open source services and tools are ready and waiting for you to deploy on the cloud of your choice. Just pick your services, integrations, cloud provider and storage needs, and you’re good to go. Learn more about how Aiven Platform can help you scale.
Open source services
Deploy
Tooling
Third-party integrations
Security & Network
Identity management
Managed
Compliance
"By having Aiven manage our databases, our team can focus on building our core business."
Andy Librian
Technical Expert
What to do next?
Once you've spun up your clusters, you're free to explore and play around. You'll find lots of ideas and tutorials in our Developer Center, blog, and documentation, but here are a few suggestions to get you started.
- Make some initial connections. Connection code samples
- All about the Aiven REST API. Aiven API documentation
- Set up integrations with datadog. Getting started with datadog
- Connect PostgreSQL and Go. How to combine Aiven for PostgreSQL with Go
- Explore Aiven's API. Your first Aiven API call
- Visualize PostgreSQL metrics. Observe metrics with Terraform, InfluxDB and Grafana
- Explore Aiven console, CLI, API, and Terraform. DevOps tools
- Integrate your tools and services. Aiven integrations help and tutorials
- Need some data to test your services? Create a data stream with Python and Faker
- Integrate Kafka Connect with your system. Using Kafka Connect JDBC Source with PostgreSQL
- Automate your database management. Using Terraform for fun and profit
- It’s easy to bring your existing data to Aiven. Bring your own account to Aiven