Q: Does Aiven offer a free plan?

Aiven offers free plans for Aiven for PostgreSQL®, Aiven for MySQL and Aiven for Valkey™ , available in a limited number of regions for Amazon Web Services hosting , and have the following specifications: Single node 1 CPU per virtual machine 1 GB RAM For PostgreSQL and MySQL: 5GB storage For Redis: maxmemory set to 50% Free plans do not have any time limitations. However, Aiven reserves the right to shut down services if we believe they violate the acceptable use policy or are unused for some time. For more details, check out our documentation .

Question 1

What are the differences between plans?

Accepted Answer

Aiven categorises plans into 5 different tiers depending on the services. These are Free, Hobbyist, Startup, Business and Premium. The differences between tiers are service specific so we encourage you to choose the service you are interested in from the plan finder on the pricing page and then click "Plan Comparison".

Most technical features are available in all tiers. One key difference between the tiers can be the number of dedicated VMs. The more VMs there are, the more resistant the service is for any anomalies. Our Hobbyist/Startup tiers are typically recommended for test environments, Business for production environments and Premium for enterprise-level production environments.

Aiven offers free plans for Aiven for PostgreSQL®, Aiven for MySQL and Aiven for Valkey™, available in a limited number of regions for Amazon Web Services hosting, and have the following specifications:

Single node
1 CPU per virtual machine
1 GB RAM
For PostgreSQL and MySQL: 5GB storage
For Redis: maxmemory set to 50%

For more details on the free plans, check out our documentation.

All Aiven for Apache Kafka and Aiven for Apache Cassandra plans offer high-availability (minimum 3 nodes), private networking (VPC) and single-tenant, dedicated clusters where each virtual machine is in a different availability zone. With our Apache Kafka service, Kafka Connect is included only in Business and Premium plans.

See plan comparison to check what's included in different tiers of Kafka plans. Also, you can use our Kafka plan finder tool to get a recommended Kafka plan based on your unique data needs and requirements.

Aiven for PostgreSQL offers high Availability for Business (2 nodes) and Premium (3 nodes) plans. Backup Retention Time varies per plan: 0 days for Hobbyist, 2 days for Startup, 14 days for Business, and 30 days for Premium plan. On premium level plans, you can optionally enable synchronous replication for higher reliability

See plan comparison for more details on PostgreSQL plans.

Question 2

Does Aiven offer a free plan?

Accepted Answer

Aiven offers free plans for Aiven for PostgreSQL®, Aiven for MySQL and Aiven for Valkey™, available in a limited number of regions for Amazon Web Services hosting, and have the following specifications:

Single node
1 CPU per virtual machine
1 GB RAM
For PostgreSQL and MySQL: 5GB storage
For Redis: maxmemory set to 50%

Free plans do not have any time limitations. However, Aiven reserves the right to shut down services if we believe they violate the acceptable use policy or are unused for some time. For more details, check out our documentation.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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.