Aiven alternatives

At a glance

We list 9 other databases tools as alternatives to Aiven: CockroachDB, Convex, MongoDB Atlas, Neon, PlanetScale, Supabase, Turso, Upstash and Xata.
Convex, MongoDB Atlas, Neon, Supabase, Turso and Upstash have a free plan.
CockroachDB, MongoDB Atlas and PlanetScale work with Terraform, as Aiven does.
MongoDB Atlas works with AWS, as Aiven does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.

9 alternatives

Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.

CockroachDB
Run business-critical applications in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid, with global scale and resilience
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Kafka, Django or SQLAlchemy; SSO.
Plans
Standard: $0.092, Mission Critical: $0.162 (as of October 20, 2026)
Free trial
30 days
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
Terraform
Main features
Distributed SQL, PostgreSQL compatibility, Multi-region deployments
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, SSO
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Convex
The reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Stripe, Resend or Twilio; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Professional, $25 per developer per month (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
None in common
Main features
Reactive database, Real-time sync, File storage
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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MongoDB Atlas
Cloud document database with built-in resilience, scalability and enterprise-grade security
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Azure or Vercel; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Dedicated, $0.08 per hour for M10, from $56 (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, Kubernetes
Main features
Document database, Multi-cloud clusters, Auto-scaling
Security and compliance
SSO
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Neon
The backend for apps and agents: serverless, branchable Postgres with auth, functions and storage
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Vercel, Prisma or Drizzle.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0, Launch: $0.106, Scale: $0.222 (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Aiven
None in common
Main features
Serverless Postgres, Database branching, Autoscaling
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
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PlanetScale
Cloud hosting for Vitess, Neki and Postgres databases
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Cloudflare or GitHub Actions; SSO.
Paid plans from
Metal, $50 per month, starting price (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
Terraform
Main features
Managed Postgres, Vitess for MySQL, Neki sharded Postgres
Security and compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO
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Supabase
Postgres development platform with auth, instant APIs, realtime, functions, storage and vectors
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: Web; integration with Vercel, Prisma or Clerk.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pro, $25 per month, plus compute and usage (as of October 14, 2026)
Platforms
Web, CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
None in common
Main features
Postgres database, Authentication, Instant APIs
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Turso
SQLite-based database architecture for a database per user, agent and tenant
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Drizzle, Prisma or Vercel; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0 (as of October 19, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
None in common
Main features
SQLite-compatible databases, Database per tenant, Embedded replicas
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Upstash
Serverless data platform, one platform for all your data needs
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with Cloudflare Workers, Prometheus or Datadog; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pay as You Go, $0.2 per 100K commands (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
None in common
Main features
Serverless Redis, Vector database, QStash messaging
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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Xata
The branch native Postgres platform
No reviews yet
Choose it over Aiven for: integration with GitHub or Vercel; SSO.
Plans
Xata Cloud: $0.012 (as of October 23, 2026)
Free trial
14 days
Platforms
CLI, API
Integrations shared with Aiven
None in common
Main features
Instant Provisioning, Branching, Scale-to-Zero
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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