InfluxDB Cloud Serverless

DB 5.7/10

Usage-based: data in $0.0025/MB, query count $0.012/100 executions, storage $0.002/GB-hour, plus data-out egress. No fixed monthly minimum on Serverless.

InfluxDB Cloud Serverless scores 5.7/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Paid — pay-as-you-go (data in $0.0025/MB). Usage-based: data in $0.0025/MB, query count $0.012/100 executions, storage $0.002/GB-hour, plus data-out egress. No fixed monthly minimum on Serverless.

Category DB Kind Paid plan

Free value score

5.7 / 10

Show the math

Overall 5.7/10

value = 5.7/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 3.2/10

value = 0.12 ×

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

0.001 GB Storage policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable included storage allowance is published in this item.

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.

$0.0025/MB

$0.012/100q

$0.002/GBh

What you get

Paid — pay-as-you-go (data in $0.0025/MB). Usage-based: data in $0.0025/MB, query count $0.012/100 executions, storage $0.002/GB-hour, plus data-out egress. No fixed monthly minimum on Serverless.

~400 MB ingested per $1; metered so low-volume time-series stays cheap — purpose-built time-series DB (IoT/metrics)

Gotchas

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Sources

"Volume of data in: $0.0025/MB; Query count: $0.012 per 100 query executions; Storage (total disk usage): $0.002/GB-hour"
https://www.influxdata.com/influxdb-cloud-pricing/

paid value databases

Open service Source ← All DB

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