Can I run Aiven services within my own cloud account?

Yes, we offer a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) model for larger setups. Please contact sales for more information, or check out our BYOC documentation .

What’s included in Aiven customer support?

We proactively monitor all services 24/7/365. Our personnel are automatically alerted to any service anomalies for immediate resolution. Additionally, your account includes email and chat support. Three additional support tiers are available for a fee. Learn more about support response times and plans.

What is the retention period for PITR?

The retention period for PITR depends on the plan type. It is 2 days for Startup, 14 for Business, and 30 for Premium. This backup history also acts as the usable range for the point in time recovery feature. You can find more information in our documentation .

What’s included in the free MySQL plan?

The free MySQL plan comes with the following specification: Single node 1 CPU 1GB RAM 5GB storage Easy management via our web console, CLI, API, Terraform provider, or Kubernetes operator Out-of-the-box monitoring (metrics and logs) Backups Community support However, some Aiven platform functionality is not available: No VPC peering, service integrations, or forking No connection pooling Only community support No 99.99% SLA Only AWS, and only 9 regions Only one service per service type per user and organization

What is the difference between the Aiven free plans and the Aiven free trial?

The free plans are limited in size but can be run indefinitely free of charge. The full platform free trial gives you $300 of credit for 30 days that you can use on any service types and plan sizes. You can run free services alongside your trial, they will not impact your trial credits and will continue to run after the trial has expired. For more details on the free plans, check out our documentation.

Managed MySQL as a service

How it works

What is Aiven for MySQL?

With Aiven you can get fully managed MySQL up and running in less than 10 minutes — directly from our web console or using our API, CLI, or Terraform. Our stand-by nodes act automatically as read replicas, and you can also create read replicas in different clouds and regions, even building multi-cloud architectures. Our Point-In-Time-Recovery lets you restore your data to any time within your selected retention period.

Build advanced applications with Aiven for MySQL

Aiven offers the popular and reliable open source relational database MySQL as a fully managed service, deployable in the cloud of your choice. Use it for mission critical apps, dynamic websites, or as an embedded database.

On Aiven’s platform you can connect MySQL to other services with push-button simplicity. Integrate easily with tools like Datadog, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Elasticsearch and more, or with Aiven services for M3, Grafana® and OpenSearch® for enhanced monitoring and logging.

Replicate your data to other regions and clouds for disaster recovery or geo proximity, or build multi-cloud architectures. Even our standard high-availability plans come with 1 or 2 standby nodes, which also act as automatic read replicas.

Resources

What is MySQL? (blog)

Aiven for MySQL (docs)

Manage with the tools you want:

Terraform

GUI

CLI

API

Postman

Benefits

Benefits of MySQL as-a-service from Aiven

No one wants to spend an entire day getting databases set up or running maintenance checks. Or installing security patches, upgrades, and making sure things don’t break as you scale them.

With Aiven’s hosted and managed MySQL, you can spin up your clusters with a couple of clicks — so you can stop burning hours managing DBs and get back to focusing on your code instead.

Automatic updates and upgrades. Zero stress.

Stressing about applying maintenance updates or version upgrades to your clusters? Do them both in a single click from your Aiven dashboard. With no interruptions or downtime. Ever.

99.99% uptime. 100% human support.

Downtime is a disaster for critical applications. That’s why Aiven makes sure you get 99.99% uptime. Plus, you get access to a 100% human support team — in case you need a helping hand.

Super-transparent pricing. No networking costs.

Aiven for MySQL comes with all-inclusive pricing. No hidden fees or charges, just one payment that covers networking to data storage, and everything in-between.

Scale up or down as you need.

Increase your storage, get more clusters, or expand to new regions. MySQL has never been this easy.

Customer use cases

How Aiven customers use MySQL

eCommerce applications

MySQL is one of the most popular transactional engines for eCommerce platforms. It’s extremely useful for managing transactions, customer data and product catalogs. MySQL is also often used in conjunction with other, non-relational databases, including document and key-value stores for syncing order data, and storing non-product data.

Simple web applications and websites

As a simple, lightweight relational database that adheres to ACID principles, MySQL is an ideal choice for many web applications. It is the world’s most widely used open source database, with many skilled developers using it and a large selection of 3rd party tools available that extend its capabilities.

Educational applications

Educational institutions utilize a wide variety of database applications from e-learning and application assessments to tuition payment processing systems. MySQL is a proven choice, widely used to automate many of the academic and administrative processes. It is also one of the most popular databases used for curricula and by scientists in research institutions.

Pricing plans

Scale up or down. Pay only for what you use.

Starting at just $0 a month, MySQL prices vary based on the number of nodes and your storage needs. Hourly billing saves you money. Change your plan anytime at no extra cost.

Cloud

Region

Free
$0/month
- 1 dedicated VM
- 2 CPU per VM
- 1 GB RAM per VM
- 5 GB total storage
Get started for free
Startup
starting from
$110/month
$0.151/hour
- 1 dedicated VM
- 2-96 CPU per VM
- 4-384 GB RAM per VM
- 80-3000 GB total storage
- 99.99% uptime SLA
Add-ons
AWS Transit Gateway
Static IP Addresses
PrivateLink
Get started for free
Business
starting from
$290/month
$0.397/hour
- 2 dedicated VM
- 2-96 CPU per VM
- 4-384 GB RAM per VM
- 80-3000 GB total storage
- Everything in Startup, plus high availability
Add-ons
AWS Transit Gateway
Static IP Addresses
PrivateLink
Get started for free
Premium
starting from
$435/month
$0.596/hour
- 3 dedicated VM
- 2-96 CPU per VM
- 4-384 GB RAM per VM
- 80-3000 GB total storage
- Everything in Business, plus a second standby node
Add-ons
AWS Transit Gateway
Static IP Addresses
PrivateLink
Get started for free

Spin up your first cluster now

Get started for free

No credit card required.

Features

Key features of Aiven for MySQL

Setup

Flexible, fast and stress-free

Production-ready MySQL clusters in 10 minutes
Deploy to the cloud of your choice with 5 public clouds and 100+ regions available
High performance clusters based on carefully selected instance types and storage options
Bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) deployment model supported for strict control requirements

Connect

Integrate with your data infrastructure

Secure network connectivity using VPC peering, PrivateLink or TransitGateway technologies
Integrate with your favorite observability tooling — from Datadog to Prometheus, Jolokia, and more — or use Aiven observability tools for enhanced monitoring and logging
Create read-replicas to different clouds or regions for disaster recovery or geo-proximity

Control

DevOps-friendly management and development

Manage your MySQL cluster using Aiven Console (GUI), CLI or Terraform tools
Scale, fork, upgrade, and create replicas with just a few clicks
Guaranteed compatibility with open source software
Migrate easily between clouds and regions

Enjoy

Reliable, secure and zero lock-in

Self-healing platform with 99.99% uptime SLA
High availability plans come with 1 or 2 standby nodes, which also act as read replicas
Zero downtime during scaling, upgrading, and other management operations
Automatic backups with Point-In-Time-Recovery support
Secure and compliant solution — ISO 27001:2013, SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI/DSS
Option for 24/7 support from a 100% human support team

Resources

Learn how to use Aiven for MySQL

Aiven Docs

Documentation

Getting started with Aiven for MySQL, including core concepts, how-to's, and more.

See docs

Blog

What is MySQL? Get the basics here

MySQL is a traditional open source relational database that goes well with many well-established applications. Find out more about its features and use cases.