YugabyteDB

A YugabyteDB bill starts with cluster size. YUGABYTEDB INC. sells its managed service, Aeon, per vCPU each month: Standard from $125 and Professional from $167, in US dollars, with Enterprise quoted through sales. Disk storage, cloud backup storage, provisioned IOPS on AWS and several rates of data transfer are charged separately, so the headline rate is only part of the total.

The pricing page lists no plan limits. Separately, the open source database can be downloaded and used without charge, which is the alternative to the hosted route. The pages we read describe the product mostly through its price list, so this entry concentrates on cost structure and says little about the engine's internals. No headquarters is named.

• Standard plan rate. Standard starts at $125 per vCPU per month in US dollars. The pricing page lists no plan limits, so the practical ceiling on cluster size is not something the pages we read can confirm.
• Professional plan rate. Professional starts at $167 per vCPU per month, which is $42 more per vCPU than Standard. The page gives no limits for it either, and does not spell out the difference in what the extra $42 covers. Comparing the two means judging whether that gap is justified.
• Security and recovery add-ons. On Professional, Enterprise Security and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery each cost $25 per vCPU per month. Enterprise includes both, which makes the bundle worth comparing if a team needs them.
• Metered storage and backup. Disk storage is $0.10 per GB per month and cloud backup storage is $0.025 per GB per month. Both sit outside the vCPU rate, so data volume moves the bill independently of cluster size.
• Provisioned IOPS. Provisioned disk IOPS cost $0.0066 per IOPS per month, and the page says this applies to AWS only. A team on another cloud would not see this line, while an AWS team has to budget for it.
• Tiered transfer pricing. Data transfer is $0.01 per GB within a region, $0.08 cross-region in APAC, $0.02 cross-region elsewhere and $0.10 to the internet. Architectures that move data across regions or out to clients feel this line most.

• A finance team costing a pilot. Per-vCPU pricing makes a first estimate simple arithmetic. As an illustration, six vCPUs on Standard would be 6 x $125 = $750 a month before disk, backup and transfer. Those extras then need separate estimates.
• A company needing recovery guarantees. Professional buyers can add Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery at $25 per vCPU per month. A team that wants both add-ons can compare the cost of adding them with the quote for Enterprise, which includes them.
• A developer avoiding hosted bills. The open source database is free to download and use, according to the pricing page. That suits someone who wants to learn the engine or run it on their own machines, accepting that they operate it themselves.

The pages we read describe no sign-up steps, regions, drivers or setup time, so we cannot say how a first cluster is created. What they do state is how the offer is arranged. The FAQ mentions a free trial with full feature access, though its length is not given.

Standard and Professional can be priced from the published vCPU rates, while Enterprise needs a conversation with sales. Anyone who prefers to start without an account can download the open source database, which is free to use. Estimate disk, backup and transfer before committing.

YUGABYTEDB INC. sells its managed service, Aeon, by the vCPU each month, so the bill follows cluster size before any data is stored. Storage, backups, provisioned IOPS and data transfer are charged on top, and transfer to the internet costs the most.

Security and disaster-recovery add-ons are extra on Professional and bundled in Enterprise. No free pricing tier is listed, and the pages read name no headquarters.

The database management systems list places YugabyteDB 22 of 22: only Valkey ranks higher in the list, and nothing follows it. After the challenger places, YugabyteDB is one of the established names, ranked in order and without a score.

The vendor states no country of establishment, so YugabyteDB is left out of the regional count for this list.

In the catalogue: Aeon Standard and Professional published per vCPU-month; storage, backup, IOPS and transfer metered extra; Enterprise via contact sales.

Aeon Standard is from $125 per vCPU per month and Professional from $167, both in US dollars. Enterprise is custom, via contact sales, with the billing basis not stated. Enterprise Security and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery cost $25 per vCPU per month each on Professional and are included in Enterprise. Not included in plan prices: disk at $0.10 per GB per month, cloud backup at $0.025 per GB per month, provisioned IOPS at $0.0066 each per month (AWS only), and transfer from $0.01 per GB in region up to $0.10 per GB to the internet. No free pricing tier is listed, though a full-feature trial is mentioned without a length.

Basis: yugabyte.com, read for the Best Database Management Systems in 2026 guide (reviewed 7 November 2026).

The database itself can be downloaded and used without charge, which is the route for anyone avoiding the hosted bill.

The pages we read say little about data protection. The only security item is the Enterprise Security add-on, priced at $25 per vCPU per month on Professional and included in Enterprise, and its contents are not described here. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery is a separate add-on at the same rate.

No certifications, encryption details or data-residency options appear in the facts gathered. The legal name on the site is YUGABYTEDB INC., but the registered address and country are not stated on the pricing page or the legal page of the trust site.

Nothing in the reviewed material names a specific integration for YugabyteDB. Treat any connector you need as unconfirmed until the vendor confirms it.

3 products in this guide come closest to YugabyteDB on tags, pricing and region.

• CockroachDB (#4 of 22): Not for: small applications where one PostgreSQL server is enough. Distributed SQL database sold per vCPU-hour, with a revenue-capped free licence. (United States)
• Oracle Database (#11 of 22): Not for: small teams that need cheap, portable and simple setup. Commercial enterprise database, now branded Oracle AI Database, with capped free edition.
• DuckDB (#20 of 22): Embedded analytical SQL database that runs inside your application process.

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 7 November 2026.

• yugabyte.com/pricing: per-vCPU plan rates, add-on prices, metered disk, backup, IOPS and transfer rates, trial mention and open source availability
• trust.yugabyte.com/legal: legal name YUGABYTEDB INC. and the absence of a stated address or country

The same four questions are asked of every database management systems product: time to value, real cost, the way out and the intended buyer. YugabyteDB ends up at #22 among 22. The editorial process sets out how facts are gathered and how commercial links are handled.