Managed Postgres · pricing · Updated September 2026
Aiven pricing (2026)
Aiven starts at $0/mo (Free) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from Aiven's own pricing page; 5 plans. Best for Enterprises needing multi-cloud Postgres with strong compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2). Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Free)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- 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
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-06-14
Aiven plans & pricing
| 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 | not priced monthly | — | 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 |
Last verified 2026-09-02. STALE · 2026-06-14 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. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$5/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: Apache Kafka, TimescaleDB, PostGIS, pgvector, Okta, Azure AD, Auth0, AWS / GCP / Azure.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Aiven cost?
Aiven starts at $0/mo (Free); it has 5 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does Aiven support HIPAA?
Aiven HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Aiven have a free plan?
Aiven free tier: Yes.
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