# Aiven pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 7 managed postgres we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** aiven.io
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Apache Kafka, TimescaleDB, PostGIS, pgvector, Okta, Azure AD, Auth0, AWS / GCP / Azure
**Best for:** Enterprises needing multi-cloud Postgres with strong compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2); Teams integrating Postgres with Apache Kafka for real-time streaming pipelines; AI/ML workloads using pgvector alongside TimescaleDB for time-series; Organizations requiring data sovereignty with cloud-provider flexibility
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | Single node, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB storage. No backup retention. Subject to acceptable use policy. | aiven.io |
| Developer | $5 | — | flat | For test and personal projects. No backup retention. Single node. | aiven.io |
| Startup | $75 | — | flat | Starting from $75/mo; actual price varies by cloud and region. 2-day backup retention. For test environments with high-performance needs. | aiven.io |
| Business | $180 | — | flat | Starting from $180/mo; actual price varies by cloud and region. 14-day backup retention. 2-node HA with optional synchronous replication. For business-critical production workloads. | aiven.io |
| Premium | Quote-only | — | custom | Highest tier; 30-day backup retention; 3-node HA with synchronous replication. Specific monthly price not shown on fetched pricing page — use Aiven pricing calculator at aiven.io/pricing/calculator for exact quote. | aiven.io |

**Key features:** Dedicated VMs with no multi-tenancy — full isolation per customer; Deploy across AWS, GCP, Azure in same console; multi-cloud by design; 50+ supported extensions including pgvector, PostGIS, TimescaleDB; HIPAA compliant since 2018; ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 (ISAE 3000 Type 2), PCI DSS; VPC peering and PrivateLink support for private network connectivity.

**Plan limits:** Free: single node, 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB storage, no backup retention; Developer ($5/mo): single node, no backup retention — not for production; Startup ($75+/mo): 2-day backup retention; Business ($180+/mo): 14-day backup retention, 2-node HA; Premium: 30-day backup retention, 3-node HA — price varies by cloud/region.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: Prices fetched from https://aiven.io/postgresql on 2026-06-14. Free=$0, Developer=$5/mo, Startup from $75/mo, Business from $180/mo confirmed. Premium plan tier exists (per backup-retention docs) but specific monthly price was not shown on the fetched pricing page — recorded as null. HIPAA compliance confirmed since 2018 via https://aiven.io/security-compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA). BAA not explicitly confirmed on fetched pages — baa=null. 'Starting from' prices reflect entry-level cloud/region configurations; actual price varies by cloud provider and region.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/aiven/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Aiven's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/managed-postgres/aiven/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl