DigitalOcean Managed Databases

DB 5.9/10

1 GiB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GiB storage at $15.15/mo; free automated backups, encryption at rest. HA cluster from $30/mo. Postgres/MySQL/Redis/MongoDB/Kafka/OpenSearch.

DigitalOcean Managed Databases scores 5.9/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Paid — $15/mo (single node). 1 GiB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GiB storage at $15.15/mo; free automated backups, encryption at rest. HA cluster from $30/mo. Postgres/MySQL/Redis/MongoDB/Kafka/OpenSearch.

Category DB Kind Paid plan

Free value score

5.9 / 10

Show the math

Overall 5.9/10

value = 5.9/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 3.6/10

value = 0.2 ×

fixed_log_v1

Operations 8.2/10

value = 8.2/100

policy_score_v1

Production fit 8/10

value = 8/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

10 GB Storage

1 reads/mo Reads policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly read allowance is published in this item.

1 writes/mo Writes policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly write allowance is published in this item.

$15/mo

1 GiB

10 GiB

What you get

Paid — $15/mo (single node). 1 GiB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GiB storage at $15.15/mo; free automated backups, encryption at rest. HA cluster from $30/mo. Postgres/MySQL/Redis/MongoDB/Kafka/OpenSearch.

~0.66 GB storage per $1, includes backups and standby option — simple, predictable pricing and UI

Gotchas

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Sources

"1 GiB, 1 vCPU. Storage range: 10 GiB - 30 GiB. $0.215/GiB/mo, 10 GiB increments. $0.02254, $15.15"
https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/managed-databases
"Single node clusters begin at $15.00 per month for a single node cluster with 1 GiB of RAM."
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/postgresql/details/pricing/

paid value databases

Open service Source ← All DB

Alternatives

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25 GB$25/mo25 GB

Checked 26d ago

Paid only