DigitalOcean Managed Databases pricing
9 plans read from digitalocean.com
PostgreSQL Standard 1 GiB$15.15 a month Monthly pricing shown by node configuration1 GiB RAM · 1 vCPU · 10–30 GiB storage Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
MySQL Standard 1 GiB$15.15 a month Monthly pricing shown by node configuration1 GiB RAM · 1 vCPU · 10–30 GiB storage Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
MongoDB 1 GiB$15.23 a month Monthly pricing shown by node configuration1 GiB RAM · 1 vCPU · 15–25 GiB storage Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
Managed Valkey$15 a month $15.00/mo for 1 GiB, 1 vCPU10 GiB disk · $0.02232/hr Read 9 Oct 2026 · digitalocean.com
Managed MySQL Standard$15.15 a month $15.15/mo for 1 GiB, 1 vCPU; storage priced separately at $0.215/GiB/mo10–30 GiB storage · $0.02254/hr Read 9 Oct 2026 · digitalocean.com
Managed PostgreSQL Standard$15.15 a month $15.15/mo for 1 GiB, 1 vCPU; storage priced separately at $0.215/GiB/mo10–30 GiB storage · $0.02254/hr Read 9 Oct 2026 · digitalocean.com
Managed MongoDB$15.23 a month $15.23/mo for 1 GiB, 1 vCPU; storage priced separately at $0.215/GiB/mo15–25 GiB storage · $0.02266/hr Read 9 Oct 2026 · digitalocean.com
Managed OpenSearch$19.60 a month $19.60/mo for 2 GiB, 1 vCPU; storage priced separately at $0.215/GiB/mo40–200 GiB storage · $0.02917/hr Read 9 Oct 2026 · digitalocean.com
Managed Kafka$148.80 a month $148.80/mo per 6 GiB, 6 vCPU broker; clusters start with three brokers120–240 GiB storage per broker · $0.22143/hr per broker Read 9 Oct 2026 · digitalocean.com
In short
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases lists no free plan.
- Paid plans published: 9, from $15 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiven for PostgreSQL | $5/mo | Yes | Yes |
| HSQLDB | $8.33/mo | Yes | No |
| Azure SQL Database | — | Yes | No |
| MySQL | — | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon RDS | — | Yes | Yes |
| SQLite | $12.50/mo | Yes | No |
| Actian Zen | — | No | Yes |
| Firebird | €199/mo | Yes | No |