Choosing a database in 2026 is no longer just Postgres vs MySQL. Serverless databases scale to zero. Edge databases replicate globally. Analytics databases process billions of rows in seconds. Here's how the top database services compare.
| Tool | Description | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Serverless Postgres | ||
| Supabase | Postgres + auth + realtime + storage. Open-source BaaS. | Free, Pro $25/mo |
| Neon | Serverless Postgres with branching. Scales to zero. | Free, Launch $19/mo |
| MySQL Platforms | ||
| PlanetScale | Vitess-powered MySQL. Non-blocking schema changes. | Scaler $39/mo |
| Edge Databases | ||
| Turso | SQLite at the edge. Global replication, database branching. | Free (500 DBs), Scaler $29/mo |
| Vector Databases | ||
| Pinecone | Managed vector database for AI applications. | Free, Standard $70/mo |
| Weaviate | Open-source vector database with hybrid search. | Free self-hosted, Cloud from $25/mo |
| Qdrant | High-performance vector database in Rust. | Free self-hosted, Cloud from $25/mo |
| Chroma | Open-source embedding database. Simplest vector DB. | Free (open source) |
| Analytics Databases | ||
| ClickHouse | Column-oriented OLAP database. Billions of rows, sub-second queries. | Free self-hosted, Cloud usage-based |
| Snowflake | Cloud data warehouse. Separate storage and compute. | Usage-based, from $2/credit |
| Databricks | Lakehouse platform. SQL analytics + ML on one platform. | Usage-based |
| Managed Postgres | ||
| AWS RDS | Managed relational databases. MySQL, Postgres, MariaDB, Oracle. | From $0.017/hr |
| Google Cloud SQL | Managed MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server on Google Cloud. | From $0.015/hr |
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