Database API pricing
Based on the 109 providers in this tag whose pricing pages we have read. Providers can belong to several. Pricing data as of 2026-10-30.
$10/momedian entry price, from 21 developer APIs
$6–$148middle half of entry prices
78%state a model other than negotiated
How they charge
96 of 109 providers state a pricing model. Shares are of those that do.
Other usage-based 54% · 52 Tiered subscription 24% · 23 Negotiated 11% · 11 Per call 8% · 8 Per seat 1% · 1 Free 1% · 1What you pay for
Quoted or calculated from quotes, per unit. Calculated figures assume the plan's quota is fully used. Units are never averaged together, credits get no price because each vendor defines its own, and units with fewer than 5 providers show a count only.
| Billing unit | Providers | Median price per unit |
|---|---|---|
| request | 6 | $0.0000699 |
| credit | 2 | — |
| token | 1 | — |
Lowest entry prices
The cheapest paid plan is a floor on getting started, not what real usage will cost. Excludes take-rate providers and add-ons.
| Provider | Entry plan | Charges by | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers – Starter | Other usage-based | $3.24 |
| Turso | Developer | Tiered subscription | $4.99 |
| Insforge | Nano compute | Tiered subscription | $5 |
| Scaleway | Dedibox - Dedicated Servers (Start) | Other usage-based | $5.39 |
| Render | Postgres 0.1c-256mb | Tiered subscription | $6 |
| Amazon ElastiCache | ElastiCache for Valkey starting price | Other usage-based | $6 |
| Apple CloudKit | Apple Developer Program | Tiered subscription | $8.25 |
| Appwrite | Dedicated database compute | Tiered subscription | $10 |
| Supabase | Compute Micro | Tiered subscription | $10 |
| Prisma | Starter | Tiered subscription | $10 |
| Upstash | Fixed 250MB | Per call | $10 |
| Neon | Launch | Other usage-based | $15 |
| Codehooks | Pro | Tiered subscription | $19 |
| Gel Data | pro | Tiered subscription | $19.5 |
| Pinecone | Builder | Per call | $20 |