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Free Database Credits for Startups — MongoDB, Supabase, Redis & More

Your database is the most critical piece of infrastructure you will choose. It determines your data model, your query patterns, your scaling strategy, and ultimately your product velocity.

Fortunately, every major database provider — from managed Postgres and MySQL to document stores, in-memory caches, and cloud data warehouses — offers startup credit programs. These let you run production workloads on enterprise-grade infrastructure without the enterprise price tag.

Below is a comprehensive list of database credits available to startups today, covering relational, NoSQL, vector search, caching, and analytics databases.

Total category value

$23K+

Programs

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MongoDB

Tiered credits

Tiered Atlas credits with built-in vector search, Voyage AI embeddings, and partner matching credits

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Couchbase

$12,750 value

Free Capella Develop Starter Kit worth $12,750 with 5,000 Developer Pro credits and certification

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Supabase

Up to $300

Up to $300 in credits for open-source Firebase alternative with Postgres, auth, realtime, and edge functions

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PlanetScale

Varies

Serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess with branching, non-blocking migrations, and query insights

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Redis

$10,000

$10,000 in Redis Cloud credits for in-memory data store, caching, real-time analytics, and AI vector search

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Snowflake

Credits + accelerator

Cloud data platform credits for data warehousing, analytics, data sharing, and AI/ML workloads

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free database for a startup?

It depends on your use case. For a general-purpose relational database, Supabase (managed Postgres) and PlanetScale (serverless MySQL) are popular choices. For document-oriented workloads, MongoDB Atlas offers tiered startup credits with built-in vector search. For caching and real-time data, Redis Cloud provides $10,000 in credits. For data warehousing and analytics, Snowflake offers startup credits with pay-per-second pricing. Most startups use a combination of two or three databases.

Can I get free managed Postgres hosting as a startup?

Yes. Supabase provides up to $300 in credits for their managed Postgres platform, which includes built-in auth, realtime subscriptions, and edge functions. DigitalOcean Hatch includes managed Postgres in their $100,000 credit program. Couchbase also offers Postgres-compatible querying through Capella. Additionally, most cloud providers (AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Database) cover Postgres hosting under their respective startup credit programs.

Do database startup credits cover production workloads?

Yes. These are not sandbox or development-only credits. MongoDB, Redis, Couchbase, and Snowflake startup credits can be used for production databases with full SLAs, automatic backups, high availability, and scaling capabilities. The credit amount determines how much compute and storage you can use, but there are no feature restrictions compared to paying customers.