Managed Databases
13 providers in this category.
Managed database services run SQL or NoSQL databases for you, handling provisioning, backups, replication, patching, and scaling behind a familiar interface. They suit teams that want production-grade durability and uptime without operating the engine or staffing a DBA. Some are serverless, billing by usage and scaling to zero when idle. Weigh engine type, entry price and free tier, and multi-cloud portability.
Companies
Neutral ordering. Not a recommendation.
Aiven
aiven.io
Aiven is a Helsinki-founded managed data platform that runs open-source data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Kafka, ClickHouse, OpenSearch, Valkey) as a service in your choice of cloud and region across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
Amazon DynamoDB
aws.amazon.com/dynamodb
Amazon DynamoDB is AWS's fully managed, serverless NoSQL key-value and document database designed for high throughput and single-digit-millisecond latency at scale.
Amazon RDS
aws.amazon.com/rds
Amazon RDS is AWS's managed relational database service, handling provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling so teams can run relational databases without operating the servers.
Azure Cosmos DB
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/cosmos-db
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database with turnkey multi-region replication, the Azure peer of Amazon DynamoDB.
Azure SQL Database
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-sql/database
Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's fully managed PaaS database built on the SQL Server engine, the Azure peer of Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL.
CockroachDB
www.cockroachlabs.com
CockroachDB is a distributed, PostgreSQL-compatible SQL database built for horizontal scale, strong consistency, and fault tolerance across regions and clouds.
Google Cloud SQL
cloud.google.com/sql
Google Cloud SQL is Google Cloud's managed relational database service, automating provisioning, patching, backups, and replication for teams running databases on GCP.
MongoDB Atlas
www.mongodb.com/atlas
MongoDB Atlas is the managed cloud service for MongoDB's document database, handling deployment, scaling, and operations across multiple clouds.
Neon
neon.tech
Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL platform that separates storage from compute and adds database branching and scale-to-zero, so idle databases consume no compute.
PlanetScale
planetscale.com
PlanetScale is a managed, MySQL-compatible database platform built on Vitess, the horizontal-scaling technology originally developed at YouTube.
Redis Cloud
redis.io/cloud
Redis Cloud is the managed service for Redis, the in-memory data store widely used for caching, sessions, queues, and real-time data.
Supabase
supabase.com
Supabase is an open-source Postgres development platform that bundles a managed database with authentication, object storage, realtime subscriptions, and edge functions.