Independent · sourced · Updated June 2026
Best Managed Postgres (2026)
The cheapest managed postgres is Aiven at $0/mo. 5 offer a free tier (Aiven, CockroachDB, Neon). This page compares 7 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
7 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Aiven at $0/mo (Free).
- Typical paid price: from $5/mo, median $5/mo, up to $25/mo — across 5 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Aiven, CockroachDB, Neon, Render, Supabase.
- HIPAA-ready: Aiven, CockroachDB, Neon, Render, Supabase, PlanetScale, Railway.
- Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Managed Postgre | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aiven | $0/mo Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Enterprises needing multi-cloud Postgres with strong compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2) | aiven.io |
| 2 | CockroachDB | $0/mo Basic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Global applications needing multi-region active-active Postgres-compatible SQL | cockroachlabs.com |
| 3 | Neon | $0/mo Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Serverless and edge workloads needing scale-to-zero Postgres | neon.com |
| 4 | Render | $0/mo Free | No | Yes | Yes | Full-stack teams wanting app hosting and Postgres on a single unified platform | render.com |
| 5 | Supabase | $0/mo Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full-stack web apps wanting Postgres + auth + storage in one platform | supabase.com |
| 6 | PlanetScale | $5/mo Postgres EBS Non-HA (PS-5, arm64) | No | Yes | Yes | High-IOPS production workloads needing bare-metal NVMe Postgres | planetscale.com |
| 7 | Railway | $5/mo Hobby | No | Yes | Yes | Developers wanting Postgres + app infra in a single platform with unified billing | railway.com |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest managed postgres?
Aiven has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does managed postgres cost per month?
Across the 5 managed postgres with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $5/mo, ranging from $5/mo to $25/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 5 also offer a free tier.
Which managed postgres have a free plan?
Aiven, CockroachDB, Neon, Render, Supabase offer a free tier.
Which managed postgres support HIPAA?
Aiven, CockroachDB, Neon, Render, Supabase, PlanetScale, Railway state HIPAA support (a BAA). Always confirm current scope with the vendor.
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How we compiled this
Prices sourced by fetching each vendor's official pricing page on 2026-06-14 using WebFetch. Supabase (supabase.com/pricing): all plan prices fetched directly; HIPAA confirmed as paid add-on on Team/Enterprise. Neon (neon.com/pricing and neon.com/docs/introduction/plans): Free confirmed at $0; Launch and Scale are pure pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimum — monthlyUsd recorded as null per billing-model rules; HIPAA confirmed available on Scale with additional charge. PlanetScale (planetscale.com/pricing): pricing is per-SKU metered (arm64/x86-64, HA vs Non-HA), no flat tier — smallest entry is $5/mo for PS-5 Non-HA; recorded as custom billing. Aiven (aiven.io/postgresql): Free=$0, Developer=$5/mo, Startup from $75/mo, Business from $180/mo confirmed; Premium plan exists but specific price not shown on fetched page — recorded as null; HIPAA compliance confirmed since 2018 via aiven.io/security-compliance; BAA not explicitly confirmed on page — baa=null. Railway (railway.com/pricing + docs.railway.com/reference/pricing/plans): Hobby=$5/mo, Pro=$20/mo/seat confirmed; resource rates confirmed ($10/GB-mo RAM, $20/vCPU-mo, $0.15/GB-mo volume, $0.05/GB egress). Render (render.com/docs/postgresql-legacy-instance-types): legacy instance pricing Starter=$7, Standard=$20, Pro=$95, Pro Plus=$185 confirmed; the newer flexible-plan pricing page renders no dollar amounts via WebFetch; legacy prices noted as applicable to existing databases (new databases use flexible plans whose exact instance prices were not retrievable). CockroachDB (cockroachlabs.com/pricing): Basic free tier confirmed (50M RUs + 10 GiB/mo free); Standard at $0.18/hr per 2 vCPUs and Advanced at $0.60/hr per 4 vCPUs confirmed; HIPAA-ready confirmed on Advanced plan. All telephony fields (minutesIncluded, callsIncluded, overagePerMin, overagePerCall) are null — this is a non-telephony vertical.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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