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surrealdb.com
Spec sheet
- Free plan
- YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Integrations
- The platform provides MCP access and supports Agent Skills and AI frameworks.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Headquarters
- London, EnglandRead 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Founded
- 2021Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- ACID transactions
- Multiple data types can be queried together in one ACID transaction.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Company identity
- SurrealDB Ltd. is registered in England and Wales under company number 13615201.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Company scale
- Samsung, Nvidia, Verizon, Tencent, and Walmart run on SurrealDB; it reports 4M+ worldwide developers.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Database models
- Relational, document, graph, vector, and time-series data are native primitives.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Deployment options
- It offers fully managed Cloud, embedded and edge options, and self-hosted Enterprise deployment.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Free tier
- The first instance includes 1GB of storage free forever.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Free tier limits
- The free configuration provides 0.25 vCPU and 1GB memory.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Live queries
- Live queries and change streams let clients see writes as they commit.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Platform surfaces
- The platform includes Database, Agent Memory, Cloud, Studio, and MCP.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Pricing model
- Start and Scale use pay-as-you-go hourly pricing; annual plans are discounted.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Scale limits
- Start scales vertically to terabytes; Scale scales horizontally towards petabytes.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Security certifications
- Cloud includes encryption in transit and at rest, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and Cyber Essentials Plus.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Security controls
- Permissions operate at role, record, field, table, document, and hierarchical user levels.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- SQL query language
- SurrealQL unifies SQL, knowledge graphs, vector and full-text search, temporal, and key-value queries.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Team collaboration
- Cloud provides team collaboration, access management, and centralized compliance.Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
- Vector search
- YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
Plans and prices
Start Free Only pay for what you use; then starts at $0.021/hr 1 free instance · 1 GB storage First instance includes 1GB of storage free forever; further instances start at $0.021/hr. Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
Scale $0.19 a month Only pay for what you use Highly available and fault tolerant · Multiple availability-zone deployment · Horizontal scaling to petabytes · Multi-region disaster recovery Three nodes minimum; higher tiers available. Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
Enterprise Priced on request Self-hosted deployments · Clustered fault-tolerant deployments · Enterprise support · Audit logging and compliance · FIPS-compliant cryptography Custom self-hosted deployment on your infrastructure; contact sales. Read 28 Sep 2026 · surrealdb.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Ai Databases#13 of 408.1
- Document Databases#15 of 287.9
- NoSQL Databases#17 of 307.9
- Databases And Backend#20 of 338.0
- Database Software#46 of 748.1
- Multimodel Databases#17 of 268.0
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