$5/mo
Starting price
Solo plan; Pro is $15/mo
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Should I Use Layerbase?
Serverless and managed databases for 18 engines including PostgreSQL, MySQL, FerretDB, Redis, and ClickHouse. Free tier with no card. Flat monthly pricing, never metered.
Worth it
Worth itBuy it if you're a solo dev or small startup who wants flat-priced Postgres, Redis, and vector DBs without metered-billing surprises.
Flat-priced managed Postgres, Redis, and vector DBs for small teams. Enterprises and compliance buyers: skip.
Confidence: Medium
Yes
Free tier
2 databases, 5 GB, no card
18
Managed engines
Postgres, MySQL, Redis, ClickHouse, more
2025
Founded
Austin, TX; no outside investors
Value for money
5
Flat prices undercut multi-vendor metered bills
Ease of use
4
No-card free tier, paste connection string, CLI included
Feature depth
4
18 engines, branching on 16, automatic pre-destructive backups
Security posture
4
Documented controls; admits gaps; no audit badges shown
Pros
- Flat $5–$15/month, never metered — bills can't surprise you²
- Genuinely free tier: 2 databases, 5 GB, no credit card
- 18 engines on one account replaces four metered vendors (~$180+/month)⁹
- TLS, IP allowlists, generated credentials included even on free plan
- Backs up before every destructive action; refuses without secure backup³
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumFree-tier databases sleep when idle and wake on connect; expect cold-start latency.
- mediumOne-year-old bootstrapped vendor — continuity risk; standard dump tooling softens any exit.
- lowFree tier hard-caps at 2 databases and 5 GB storage; going over means upgrading.
- lowSolo pins only one always-on database; Pro hard-caps 10 databases.²
Best for
- Solo developers and side projects
- Small startups consolidating DB vendors
- Teams allergic to metered billing
- Multi-engine stacks: SQL, cache, vector
Not for
- Enterprises requiring SOC 2 or procurement-ready compliance
- Mission-critical systems needing vendor maturity and support SLAs
- Large single-database Postgres fleets at serious scale
- Anyone wanting bundled auth and storage like Supabase
Pricing
Free
$0
- 2 databases, 5 GB
- 8 Standard engines, scale to zero
- No credit card
Solo
$5/mo
- 2 Standard databases
- One pinned always-on
Pro
$15/mo
- Up to 10 databases
- Every engine
- Allocatable always-on
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Third-party reviews are nearly absent; one PeerPush user praised flat pricing and the desktop IDE after ditching Upstash's $15/month Redis.
“I'm already paying $15/mo for Redis on Upstash. I'm that over too when I have more free time. This is my new DB platform. And the Desktop IDE is so cool.”
Alternatives
Compare Layerbase with each alternative.
Neon
Serverless Postgres specialists; metered pricing, bigger track record.
Layerbase vs NeonSupabase
Postgres plus bundled auth, storage, and realtime.
Layerbase vs SupabaseUpstash
Pay-per-request Redis and serverless data, mature option.
Layerbase vs UpstashCrunchy Bridge
Managed Postgres from specialists; instance-hour pricing.
Layerbase vs Crunchy BridgeFull analysis
Based on ~20 public sources; third-party reviews are thin — one PeerPush quote, no ratings on major review sites.
Sources
- Layerbase homepage — 18 engines, flat pricinglayerbase.comofficial
- Pricinglayerbase.comofficial
- Featureslayerbase.comofficial
- Security overviewlayerbase.comsecurity
- About Layerbaselayerbase.comofficial
- PeerPush listing and user commentpeerpush.comreview
- AlternativeTo listingalternativeto.netreview
- TopShipped listingtopshipped.comreview
- The Multi-Database Taxlayerbase.comofficial
- Layerbase CLI on GitHubgithub.comofficial
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