Aiven
Managed open source data infrastructure for building real-time applications and AI systems at scale
- Also known as
- aiven
Available worldwide
What is Aiven?
A fully managed cloud platform providing multiple open source data services—streaming, databases, analytics, and search—with enterprise-grade security and compliance features included across all service tiers.
Aiven pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier with no credit card required; production plans with hourly usage-based billing. All tiers include automated backups, monitoring, and security features with no hidden fees.
Developer
Managed services sized for development, prototyping, and MVPs
- Always-on managed services
- Automated backups
- Monitoring
- SSO
- PrivateLink
Business
Recommended for production with high availability
- Multi-node clusters with automatic failover
- 14-day backup retention
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- Zero-downtime version upgrades
- Automatic security patching
- SSO
- PrivateLink
- Enhanced encryption
Enterprise
Enterprise-grade infrastructure with maximum data retention and full compliance
- 1 month backup retention
- HIPAA compliance
- ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, PCI-DSS, GDPR compliance
- SSO on all service tiers
- PrivateLink
- Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) option
- Enhanced encryption with authentication integrations
- Dedicated account team with Solutions Architect support
What Aiven does
The capabilities that matter for managed databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Engine family
- Multi engine
- Deployment type
- Independent multi cloud
- Serverless scale to zero
- -
- Database branching
- -
- Point in time recovery
- ✓
- Multi region replication
- -
- Automatic failover
- ✓
- Private networking
- ✓
- Built in connection pooling
- -
- Extensions plugin support
- -
- Self host alternative
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Usage based
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
Integrations (21)
Independently observed- Kafka•
- ClickHouse•
- Apache Cassandra•
- Datadog←•
- New Relic←•
- GitHub←•
- Auth0
- Okta
- Azure AD
- OneLogin
- Apache Kafka
- PostgreSQL
- OpenSearch
- MySQL
- Apache Flink
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Cursor
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
- ISO 27001active
- PCI-DSSactive
Aiven FAQ
Common questions about Aiven, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Aiven?
Aiven provides managed hosting for popular open source databases and data platforms including PostgreSQL, MySQL, ClickHouse, and OpenSearch, automating deployment, scaling, backup, and operations across multiple cloud providers. It is indexed under Managed Databases.
Source: https://aiven.io/blog/clickhouse-pricing-made-simple-choose-aiven
Is Aiven free?
Aiven offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Hobbyist, Startup, Professional and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://aiven.io/blog/clickhouse-pricing-made-simple-choose-aiven
What platforms does Aiven support?
Aiven supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://aiven.io/blog/clickhouse-pricing-made-simple-choose-aiven
Can Aiven be self-hosted?
Not fully, on what we have confirmed. Aiven is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.
Source: https://aiven.io/blog/clickhouse-pricing-made-simple-choose-aiven
What does Aiven integrate with?
We have confirmed 16 integrations for Aiven, including Auth0, Google, Okta, Azure AD, OneLogin, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL and OpenSearch, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://aiven.io/blog/clickhouse-pricing-made-simple-choose-aiven
What security certifications does Aiven have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Aiven. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Aiven not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://aiven.io/blog/security-updates-grafana-and-log4j
Aiven alternatives
Other managed databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Amazon RDSAutomated relational database management service that handles deployment, scaling, and maintenance across multiple database enginesmedium · 73%
- MongoDB AtlasA cloud-hosted document database service supporting flexible data modeling across multiple cloud providerslow · 41%
- Timescale CloudA managed PostgreSQL service for time-series data at petabyte scalemedium · 63%
- Redis CloudA managed, production-grade in-memory data platform accessible across major cloud providers with enterprise features and real-time performancemedium · 74%
- Azure SQL DatabaseA fully managed SQL database service for building scalable, secure cloud applicationslow · 41%
- Google Cloud SQLPython library that integrates Google Cloud SQL PostgreSQL databases with the LangChain frameworklow · 15%
Compare Aiven
Side by side against other managed databases, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Aiven, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 100 | 0.12 | 11.5 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.06 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 32 | 0.05 | 1.6 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Free tier: Yes · Engine family: multi_engine · Pricing model: usage_based · Deployment type: independent_multi_cloud · Automatic failover: Yes · Private networking: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-05 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.99 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://aiven.io/blog/aiven-preparing-for-soc-2-compliance | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
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