Best AlloyDB for PostgreSQL Alternatives (2026): 10+ options compared
The table lists tools that share a category with AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, picked from the highest scoring and listed closest matches first: most shared categories, then the most of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL's features in those categories, then the most audiences both suit, then our score. Each score is for the category that alternative shares with AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. The tools ranked just above and below AlloyDB for PostgreSQL in AI Software are listed further down. Costs are estimates for monthly billing based on each tool's listed plans. Our methodology
| # | Tool | Score | Free tier | Starting price | Est. monthly cost | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A AlloyDB for PostgreSQL (current) | 6.8/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeAlloyDB Omni Developer Edition | ||
| 1 |  Northflank is a Kubernetes-based developer platform for deploying services, jobs, databases and GPU workloads on its managed cloud or on customers' own cloud accounts.
| 7.3/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeSandbox | |
| 2 |  DigitalOcean is a developer-focused cloud platform offering Droplet VMs, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage, App Platform and GPU compute for startups and small businesses.
| 7.1/10in AI Software | No | $4/mo | $4/moBasic Droplet 512 MiB | |
| 3 |  Amazon's public cloud platform, with over 200 pay-as-you-go services for compute, storage, databases, networking and AI, used by startups through large enterprises and governments.
| 7.6/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeFree plan | |
| 4 |  Google's public cloud platform providing pay-as-you-go virtual machines, Kubernetes, serverless, databases, storage, networking, data analytics and AI services for businesses of every size.
| 7.3/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeFree Trial | |
| 5 |  Baseten is an AI inference platform that lets engineering teams serve, scale and train open-weight and custom models on managed multi-cloud GPUs, billed per minute.
| 6.8/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 6 |  Kong AI Gateway governs LLM, MCP and agent-to-agent traffic for engineering teams, adding routing, guardrails, token quotas, caching and observability through Kong's API gateway platform.
| 6.8/10in AI Software | No | $25/mo | $25/moPlus (AI Management) | |
| 7 |  BentoML is an open-source model serving framework with a managed inference platform (Bento Cloud) for deploying and scaling AI models on GPUs, in its cloud or yours.
| 7/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeOpen Source (Self-Hosted) | |
| 8 |  Luxembourg-based edge and cloud provider offering CDN, virtual machines, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, object storage, AI GPU cloud, and DDoS/WAF security for businesses.
| 6.8/10in AI Software | Yes | €390/mo | €390/moDDoS Protection Start | |
| 9 | A Amazon SageMakerAWS's managed machine learning platform for building, training, and hosting ML and foundation models on pay-as-you-go cloud instances and serverless endpoints.
| 6.8/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeFree Tier (first 2 months) | |
| 10 |  Microsoft's public cloud platform offering virtual machines, containers, serverless, databases, storage and AI services on pay-as-you-go pricing for businesses of all sizes.
| 6.9/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeAzure free account | |
| 11 |  CoreWeave is a GPU-focused cloud that rents NVIDIA GPU and CPU instances, managed Kubernetes, and storage to teams training and serving AI models.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | No | Contact sales | Contact for pricing | |
| 12 |  Open source, Kubernetes-native orchestration platform for running ML, data, and AI agent workflows written in Python, with managed hosting sold by Union.ai.
| 6.4/10in AI Software | Yes | $950/mo | FreeFlyte Open Source | |
| 13 |  Portkey is an AI gateway and LLMOps control plane that routes, monitors, and governs requests to 1,600+ LLMs for engineering teams and enterprises.
| 7.8/10in AI Software | Yes | $49/mo | FreeOpen Source | |
| 14 |  Managed LLM gateway from Merge that sends AI traffic to many model providers through one API, with routing, failover, budget controls and spend tracking.
| 7.3/10in AI Software | Yes | Contact sales | FreeFree | |
| 15 |  Python-native workflow orchestration platform, open source or as Prefect Cloud, for data and platform teams that schedule, run and monitor pipelines and AI workloads.
| 7.2/10in AI Software | Yes | $100/mo | Contact for pricing |
Prices from each vendor's published plans, last updated November 2026. How we collect prices
Free alternatives to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
- NorthflankFree plan, no user limit listedNorthflank pricing
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Free plan, no user limit listedAmazon Web Services (AWS) pricing
- Google CloudFree plan, no user limit listedGoogle Cloud pricing
- BentoMLFree plan, no user limit listedBentoML pricing
- GcoreFree plan, no user limit listedGcore pricing
- AAmazon SageMakerFree plan, no user limit listedAmazon SageMaker pricing
- Microsoft AzureFree plan, no user limit listedMicrosoft Azure pricing
- FlyteFree plan, no user limit listedFlyte pricing
- PortkeyFree plan, no user limit listedPortkey pricing
- Merge GatewayFree plan, no user limit listedMerge Gateway pricing
- PrefectFree for up to 2 usersPrefect pricing
Ranked near AlloyDB for PostgreSQL in AI Software
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is #144 in AI Software by our score. These are the tools ranked just above and below it. See AlloyDB for PostgreSQL in the AI Software list
| Rank | Tool | Score | Starting price | Cost for 10 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #141 |  | 6.8/10in AI Software | $495/mo | FreePBX Starter Free Trial |
| #142 |  | 6.8/10in AI Software | Contact sales | Contact for pricing |
| #143 |  | 6.8/10in AI Software | $20/user/mo | $200/moStarter |
| #145 |  | 6.8/10in AI Software | $20/mo | $20/moPlus |
| #146 |  | 6.8/10in AI Software | $10/user/mo | FreeFree |
| #147 |  | 6.8/10in AI Software | $23/user/mo | Contact for pricing |
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL alternatives FAQs
Northflank is the closest match to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL on our list, with a score of 7.3/10 on our AI Software criteria. Where it beats AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: higher Cost score (7/10 vs 4/10).
Yes. The closest matches with a free plan are Northflank, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud.
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is the cheapest of the tools listed here priced in USD for 10 users: free on its AlloyDB Omni Developer Edition plan. The cheapest alternative, Northflank, costs the same.
The closest matches that score higher than AlloyDB for PostgreSQL are Northflank, DigitalOcean and Amazon Web Services (AWS), each in the category it shares with AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: Northflank 7.3/10 against 6.8/10 in AI Software; DigitalOcean 7.1/10 against 6.8/10 in AI Software; Amazon Web Services (AWS) 7.6/10 against 6.8/10 in AI Software.