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YugabyteDB pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for YugabyteDB. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the databases tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, YugabyteDB pricing is free, then $0.1/hour. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $0.1/hour
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The YugabyteDB catalogue entry carries a starting price of $0.1/hour, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the YugabyteDB review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full YugabyteDB feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- PostgreSQL Compatible
- Distributed SQL
- Geo-distribution
- Linear Scalability
- High Availability
- ACID Transactions
- CDC Support
Integrations
- PostgreSQL
- Cassandra
- Kubernetes
- Spring
- Hibernate
Platform
- Linux support
- Mac support
- Docker support
- Kubernetes support
- Web support
People bring YugabyteDB in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to YugabyteDB are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Databases
Across the 3 databases tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $234/month. YugabyteDB starts at $0.1/hour, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YugabyteDB (this page) | Free, then $0.1/hour | - | - | |
| Canary Labs | $3000/year | Per tag band per year | - | vs YugabyteDB |
| Presto | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs YugabyteDB |
| Privacera | On request | quote | - | vs YugabyteDB |
| Dremio | Free, then $0.2/hour | Per Dremio Compute Unit consumed | - | vs YugabyteDB |
| Solace PubSub+ | Free | quote | - | vs YugabyteDB |
| StarRocks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs YugabyteDB |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the YugabyteDB badges page.
Before you pay for YugabyteDB
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
YugabyteDB runs on cloud, on-premises, kubernetes, and is published by Yugabyte Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. The full record is on the YugabyteDB review, and the rest of the category is under best databases tools.
YugabyteDB pricing questions
- How much does YugabyteDB cost?
- YugabyteDB starts at $0.1/hour. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does YugabyteDB have a free plan?
- Yes, YugabyteDB is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Is YugabyteDB expensive for a databases tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 databases tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $234/month; YugabyteDB starts at $0.1/hour.
- Which databases tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 databases tools listed alongside YugabyteDB have a free tier: Presto, Dremio, Solace PubSub+, StarRocks, EMQX.
- What am I actually paying for with YugabyteDB?
- The record lists 17 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend.
- Does YugabyteDB charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these YugabyteDB prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare YugabyteDB against before paying?
- The closest databases tools in this directory are Canary Labs, Presto, Privacera, Dremio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with YugabyteDB covering price, platforms and features.