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Managed Databases · $30/mo (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB, 100 GB transfer)
AWS Lightsail's $30/mo HA plan is undercut by several cheaper alternatives with comparable or better specs, though most sacrifice HA redundancy or add hidden storage/bandwidth costs. Scaleway and Azure offer the best raw savings if you can tolerate development-tier or burstable CPU models, while Vultr and Linode provide more production-ready single-node options at $15-16/mo.
Cheapest option at $11/mo with 2GB RAM and 1 vCPU, cutting your cost by nearly two-thirds.
Caveat: Development/prototyping tier only with no HA; not suitable for production workloads requiring redundancy.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-DEV-S | $11/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · Burstable B1ms | $12.41/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 1vCPU/1GB (0 rep) |
Second-cheapest at $12.41/mo with 2GB RAM, burstable CPU, and 99.99% SLA matching Lightsail's reliability.
Caveat: Storage and backup billed separately (~$0.115/GB/mo); burstable CPU may throttle under sustained load; no reserved-instance discounts available.
Matches your 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU at $15/mo with 25GB disk, saving 50% while staying production-ready.
Caveat: No HA replica (single node only); bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; 100% network uptime SLA is marketing language, not a financial guarantee.
Also $15/mo with 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, and 99.99% SLA; includes 10GB disk and straightforward $0.01/GB overage pricing.
Caveat: Valkey is Redis-compatible, not MySQL/PostgreSQL; no HA; smaller disk (10GB vs Lightsail's 40GB).
Confirmed $16/mo for 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD with 99.99% SLA; only $1 more than Vultr/DO.
Caveat: Standalone (no HA); HA replica clusters cost 2-3x the base price; backups are a separate add-on (~$3-4/mo); bandwidth overages at $0.005-0.015/GB.
Before you switch
| $15/mo |
| 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB |
| Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · Valkey Basic 1GB | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 1 GB - Standalone | $16/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| Render | Render Postgres · Basic-1gb | $19/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| Render | Render Key Value (Redis-compatible) · Standard | $32/mo | 1 GB RAM | Visit |
| Fly.io | Managed Postgres · Basic | $38/mo | 1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production DB2-2 | $54.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Data for Redis · Premium-5 | $200/mo | 1 GB RAM | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · Serverless - 1 ECPU | $245.28/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
Scaleway
Microsoft Azure
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Vultr
DigitalOcean
Linode (Akamai)