Free database hosting

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Service	Type	Storage	Limitations
Neon Tech	Posgres	0.5 GB	No Payment method required, fixed capacity 0.25vCPU
Upstash	Redis, Kafka		Max Commands Per Second and Daily
Amazon DynamoDB	⚠️ Proprietary NoSQL	25 GB	⚠️ Payment method required
Amazon RDS	⚠️ Proprietary RDBMS		⚠️ Only free for 1 year
Azure SQL Database	MS SQL Server		⚠️ Only free for 1 year
Clever Cloud	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis	256 MB (PostgreSQL)	Max 5 connections (PostgreSQL)
Fly.io	PostgreSQL	3 GB	⚠️ Credit card required, limited outbound traffic, no way to avoid accidental overage fees
Google Cloud Firestore	⚠️ Proprietary NoSQL	1 GB	⚠️ After the first year there's no way to avoid accidental overage fees
IBM Cloud Cloudant	⚠️ Proprietary NoSQL	1 GB	Deleted after 30 days of no activity
IBM Cloud Db2	Db2	200 MB	⚠️ "users are asked to re-extend their free account every 90 days by email. If you do not re-extend, your free account is cleaned out a further 90 days later"
MongoDB Atlas	MongoDB	512 MB
OpenShift Developer Sandbox	MariaDB, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL	15 GB	⚠️ Expires after 30 days (can resubscribe for free but not extend subscription), pods are automatically deleted after 12 consecutive hours of runtime
Oracle Cloud	Oracle Database	20 GB each per two databases	⚠️ Payment method required
Redis Enterprise	Redis	30 MB
Scalingo	PostgreSQL	128 MB	Max 10 connections ⚠️ Payment method required after 30 day trial
Supabase	PostgreSQL	500 MB	Paused after 1 week inactivity 2 GB transfer limit
Cloudflare R2	Object Storage	First 10 GB Free	$0.015/GB-month standard storage, $0.01/GB-month infrequent access. Class A operations $4.50/million, Class B operations $0.36/million, free egress