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Managed Databases · $15/mo (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU)
DigitalOcean's Valkey Basic 1GB at $15/mo is fairly priced for a managed in-memory database, but two cheaper alternatives offer better specs or lower cost with acceptable tradeoffs. Scaleway and Azure both undercut the price while providing more RAM, though Scaleway is development-only and Azure's storage is billed separately.
Saves $4/mo and doubles RAM to 2GB for the same vCPU and disk, with transparent per-GB egress billing after 75GB free.
Caveat: Development/prototyping only, no HA available, and not suitable for production workloads.
Saves $2.59/mo and includes 2GB RAM with burstable CPU, plus 100GB free outbound bandwidth per month.
Caveat: Storage and backups billed separately at ~$0.115/GB/mo, and burstable tier has no reserved-instance discounts.
Matches DigitalOcean's price but offers 25GB disk instead of 10GB, with a published 100% network uptime SLA.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage rates vary by data center location and are not clearly published upfront.
Matches DigitalOcean's price and includes 40GB disk plus 100GB free transfer, with a lower 99.9% SLA.
Caveat: No data encryption included, and bandwidth overages are region-dependent at $0.09-$0.132/GB.
Before you switch
| 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) | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 1GB Standard | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB | 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 |
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