6 of the 16 databases we list have a free trial, confirmed on their own website. Here they are side by side.
Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.
| Tool | Reviews | Lowest paid plan | Free plan | Free trial | Public API | Runs on | Main features |
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Aiven | Lowest paid plan$5per month, for PostgreSQLDeveloper, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trial30 days | Public APIYes | Runs onCLI | Main features
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CockroachDBRun business-critical applications in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid, with global scale and resilience | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for CockroachDB | Lowest paid planSee plans | Free planNot confirmed | Free trial30 days | Public APIYes | Runs onCLI | Main features
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MotherDuckFast, serverless analytics powered by DuckDB with dedicated compute for every user and every agent. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for MotherDuck | Lowest paid plan$250per org per month plus usageBusiness, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trial7 days | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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| PineconePinecone is a fully managed vector database built for AI. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Pinecone | Lowest paid plan$20per month, flatBuilder, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trial3 weeks | Public APIYes | Runs onTerminal | Main features
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SingleStoreThe real-time database for AI, apps and analytics. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for SingleStore | Lowest paid planSee plans | Free planYes | Free trialYes | Public APIYes | Runs onAzure, Google Cloud | Main features
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Xata | Lowest paid planSee plans | Free planNot confirmed | Free trial14 days | Public APINot confirmed | Runs onCLI | Main features
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From each tool's own website. “Not confirmed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that the tool doesn't have it. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.
A tool is listed here only when we've confirmed on its own website that it has a free trial. Tools we couldn't confirm it for are left out, even if they may have it. Vendors can't pay for a place on this list. Add a tool we missed