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Managed Databases · $480/mo (32 GB RAM, 8 vCPU)
The Vultr Valkey plan at $480/mo is significantly oversized and overpriced for most use cases. Multiple providers offer 16GB RAM managed databases at $158-$337/mo with comparable or better SLAs. Unless you specifically need 32GB RAM and 8 vCPU for Valkey, you're paying roughly 2-3x the market rate.
Cheapest comparable managed database at half the RAM/vCPU but sufficient for most workloads, with 99.9-99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Only 16GB RAM vs 32GB; egress beyond 75GB/mo costs EUR 0.01/GB; database engine choice limited to PostgreSQL or MySQL, not Valkey.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-PRO2-XS | $158/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 50 GB SSD | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · OpenSearch General Purpose 16GB | $197.35/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 16GB Standard | $245/mo |
Strong 99.99% SLA, transparent bandwidth overage pricing at $0.01/GB, and 16GB RAM covers most production use cases.
Caveat: OpenSearch is a search/analytics engine, not a cache like Valkey; 4 vCPU vs 8 vCPU on Vultr plan.
Includes 300GB monthly transfer allowance, 480GB disk, and data encryption; 99.9% SLA with predictable regional pricing.
Caveat: Data transfer overage is steep at $0.09-$0.132/GB depending on region; 4 vCPU vs 8 vCPU; no Valkey option listed.
99.99% SLA, 6 vCPU (closer to Vultr's 8), 320GB SSD, and lower bandwidth overage at $0.005/GB for compute.
Caveat: Price is ESTIMATED from linear node pricing and not directly confirmed; HA clustering costs 2-3x more; backups are a separate add-on.
Native Valkey support (same engine as Vultr), 99.99% SLA, and 1 Gbps public bandwidth; closest feature parity.
Caveat: Only 16GB RAM vs 32GB; 4 vCPU vs 8 vCPU; IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026.
Before you switch
| 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 480 GB |
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| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 16 GB - Standalone | $250/mo | 16 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 320 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Discovery-B3-16 | $284.04/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-16 | $295.5/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-16 | $337.92/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-16 | $337.92/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Discovery-B3-16 | $339.01/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-16 | $402.6/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production B3-16 | $506.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Postgres · Standard-4 | $750/mo | 30.5 GB RAM, 768 GB | Visit |
| Fly.io | Managed Postgres · Scale | $962/mo | 32 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Data for Redis · Premium-10 | $3500/mo | 25 GB RAM | Visit |
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