Software · head to head
Aiven vs Ninox
The short version
- Only Aiven has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Aiven the free plan gives 1 VM with 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM and 1 GB storage, and cannot pick a specific cloud or region; Ninox paid plans are priced per user starting around 25 euros per month, and offline desktop and mobile access is limited to the higher Business and Enterprise tiers
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Aiven and Ninox actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Aiven
- Multi-cloud Support
- Automated Backups
- Seamless Upgrades
- VPC Peering
- End-to-end Encryption
- Compliance
- Observability
- PostgreSQL
Only in Ninox
Nothing recorded that Aiven does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Aiven
- Running managed open source databases without operating themnot Ninox
- Multi-cloud deployment across AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, DigitalOcean, OVH and UpCloudnot Ninox
- Highly available data services with automatic failovernot Ninox
- Prototyping on a small free instance before scaling upnot Ninox
Ninox
No use cases recorded yet. See the Ninox review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Aiven
- The free plan gives 1 VM with 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM and 1 GB storage, and cannot pick a specific cloud or region
- Free and Developer tiers have no integrations and no connection pooling
- Connection pooling, database forks and dynamic disk sizing need the Business or Premium plan
- A 99.99 percent uptime SLA starts at the Startup plan from $75 a month
- High availability with automatic failover starts at Business from $180 a month
Ninox
- Paid plans are priced per user starting around 25 euros per month, and offline desktop and mobile access is limited to the higher Business and Enterprise tiers
Pricing, plan by plan
Aiven
Free- Free TrialFree
- $300 credits
- 30 day trial
- All services
- Startup$19/month
- Single node
- Basic support
- Daily backups
Ninox
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Ninox review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Aiven if
- You need multi-cloud support.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Aws, Azure, Gcp, Do.
- You also want automated backups.
Choose Ninox if
Nothing in the data separates Ninox from Aiven on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Aiven or Ninox better?
- Neither clearly leads. Aiven starts at Free and Ninox at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Aiven or Ninox?
- Aiven has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Aiven and On request for Ninox.
- Does Aiven or Ninox run on more platforms?
- Aiven runs on Web, Aws, Azure, Gcp, Do. Ninox runs on Web.
- Can I use Aiven for free?
- Yes. Aiven has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ninox starts at On request.
- What is Aiven best used for?
- Aiven is most often used for running managed open source databases without operating them, multi-cloud deployment across aws, google cloud, azure, digitalocean, ovh and upcloud, highly available data services with automatic failover, prototyping on a small free instance before scaling up. Of those, running managed open source databases without operating them and multi-cloud deployment across aws, google cloud, azure, digitalocean, ovh and upcloud are not what Ninox is typically brought in for.
- What can Aiven do that Ninox cannot?
- Aiven covers Multi-cloud Support, Automated Backups, Seamless Upgrades, VPC Peering.