Cloud Database Pricing Comparison (2026)
Managed database services eliminate operational overhead for relational, NoSQL, and in-memory databases. Pricing varies by instance type, storage, and I/O throughput. 6 services tracked with real pricing data.
Database Services by Provider
| Service | AWS | Azure | GCP | DO | Hetzner | Linode | OCI | Vultr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relational Database | RDS From $0.0720/hr 100 tiers | SQL Database From $0.0250/hr 127 tiers | Cloud SQL From $0.0070/hr 200 tiers | Managed Databases From $0.0205/hr 7 tiers | - | Managed Databases 0 tiers | Autonomous Database From $0.0807/hr 13 tiers | Managed Databases From $0.0205/hr 12 tiers |
| NoSQL Database | DynamoDB From $0.0000/hr 100 tiers | Cosmos DB From $0.0002/hr 85 tiers | Firestore From $0.0000/hr 200 tiers | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cache | ElastiCache From $0.0160/hr 100 tiers | Cache for Redis From $0.0156/hr 82 tiers | Memorystore From $0.0001/hr 200 tiers | - | - | - | - | - |
| Search | OpenSearch From $0.0750/hr 100 tiers | AI Search From $0.0000/hr 20 tiers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Graph Database | Neptune From $0.0480/hr 100 tiers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Managed PostgreSQL | - | Database for PostgreSQL From $0.0005/hr 50 tiers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Database Service Details
AWSRDS
100 pricing tiers · From $52.56/mo
AzureSQL Database
127 pricing tiers · From $18.25/mo
GCPCloud SQL
200 pricing tiers · From $5.11/mo
DOManaged Databases
7 pricing tiers · From $15.00/mo
LinodeManaged Databases
0 pricing tiers
OCIAutonomous Database
13 pricing tiers · From $58.91/mo
VultrManaged Databases
12 pricing tiers · From $14.96/mo
AWSDynamoDB
100 pricing tiers · From $0.00/mo
AzureCosmos DB
85 pricing tiers · From $0.15/mo
GCPFirestore
200 pricing tiers · From $0.00/mo
AWSElastiCache
100 pricing tiers · From $11.68/mo
AzureCache for Redis
82 pricing tiers · From $11.39/mo
GCPMemorystore
200 pricing tiers · From $0.08/mo
AWSOpenSearch
100 pricing tiers · From $54.75/mo
AzureAI Search
20 pricing tiers · From $0.02/mo
AWSNeptune
100 pricing tiers · From $35.04/mo
AzureDatabase for PostgreSQL
50 pricing tiers · From $0.36/mo
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