Database Deals for Developers

$100K Neon credits + free tier — serverless Postgres with branching for startups

Neon offers startup credits of up to $100,000 for early-stage companies, plus their generous free tier. Serverless Postgres with branching, instant provisioning, and scale-to-zero compute. Perfect for startups building modern, scalable applications.

Generous free tier.

Postgres database, auth, storage.

75K MAU free BaaS — Firebase alternative with auth, database, storage, and functions

Open-source Backend-as-a-Service with authentication, database, storage, and serverless functions. Free cloud tier includes 75,000 monthly active users, 2 GB storage, 750,000 function executions, and 5 GB bandwidth. No credit card required.

$300 credits.

Fully managed ClickHouse.

Save $100+/mo on managed Postgres, MySQL, Redis — free tier covers dev and staging

Managed open-source databases including Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and more.

Free NoSQL for apps.

Firestore NoSQL free tier.

Free $15/mo Postgres with branching — instant database branching for dev workflows

Serverless Postgres with branching, instant provisioning, and generous free tier.

Free analytics warehouse.

Managed DuckDB analytics warehouse.

Free 10GB MySQL-compatible database with branching — $30/mo value

Serverless MySQL-compatible database with branching and deploy requests.

Lifetime free NoSQL.

Lifetime free tier 1000 RU/s + 25 GB.

Free distributed SQL with 50M RUs + 10GB — PostgreSQL-compatible, multi-region, auto-scaling database at zero cost

Distributed SQL database with free Serverless tier. 50M request units/month, 10GB storage, multi-region replication, automatic scaling, and PostgreSQL compatibility. Ideal for global applications needing resilience without operational complexity.

~$20K Confluent Cloud credits — managed Kafka and Flink for real-time data streaming startups

Confluent for Startups offers approximately $20,000 in credits for Confluent Cloud (managed Apache Kafka and Flink). Real-time data streaming, event-driven architectures, and stream processing. Includes access to Kafka clusters, Flink compute, and ksqlDB. Application required for qualifying startups.

$200K credits across Databricks + Neon — technical guidance and GTM support included

Databricks Startup Program provides up to $200,000 in credits across Databricks and Neon. Single application gives access to all Databricks services. Includes hands-on technical guidance and go-to-market support. Purpose-built for early-stage, venture-backed startups building on data and AI.

Free 512MB Atlas tier — perfect for prototyping and small apps

Document database with free tier for up to 512MB storage.

Best serverless Postgres free tier for modern stacks — branch per PR, scale to zero, no credit card required.

Serverless Postgres with 100 projects, 100 CU-hours per project/month, branching, instant provisioning, and scale-to-zero compute. No credit card required.

Free 30MB managed Redis — caching and pub/sub for small projects

Managed Redis database with caching, pub/sub, and vector search. Free 30MB tier.

Free Postgres with auth, realtime, and edge functions — Firebase alternative

Hosted Postgres database with authentication, instant APIs, edge functions.

Free 10K requests/day serverless Redis — built for edge and serverless

Serverless Redis and Kafka for edge applications.

$16K Neo4j AuraDB credits — managed graph database for recommendation and knowledge graph startups

Neo4j Startup Program offers $16,000 in AuraDB (cloud graph database) credits for qualifying startups. Fully managed graph database with Cypher query language, built-in visualization, and ACID compliance. Perfect for recommendation engines, fraud detection, and knowledge graphs.

Free 3GB edge SQLite — global read replicas without the complexity

Edge SQLite database for global applications with generous free tier.

Separate high-value startup credit program on top of the existing Atlas free tier.

MongoDB Atlas startup credits for managed document database hosting on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Credits apply to paid Atlas tiers and include technical advisor support.

Free open-source backend — SQLite, auth, file storage, realtime in one binary

Open-source backend with realtime database, auth, and file storage.