Posted on Sep 29 Whether you’re a hobbyist or a professional developer, at some point you’re going to need a Database. 😄 We all know the famous solutions like AWS, Azure, or maybe something that’s more affordable like Linode or DigitalOcean, but what if you only need a database to test some of your ideas? 🤔 Spinning up your own instance with Docker or just installing it locally may not always be an option. 😅 I wish there were some database services that would be performant enough for testing your ideas and also were free… Well, guess what? There are! 😎 And in this article, I’m going to show off 5 of them, so you can choose the best one for your project! 🚀PlanetScale is a serverless platform for MySQL which offers really good options on a free tier. 🤩 I think it’d suit most of the developers who want to use MySQL and to save up some money as well. 💵 Here’s a short brief of what the free tier has to offer:As you see, PlanetScale has a pretty good free tier, but there’s one more service that has even more in theirs, so make sure to read to the end! 😉Cloudflare D1 is basically a SQLite database that runs on the edge and is used with Cloudflare Workers. So, if you have your web service deployed to Workers which is also running on the edge, it means that your users will be able to always connect to the closest server and get the least amount of latency for them. ⚡ Here’s a short brief of what the free tier has to offer:If you’re someone who enjoys using Cloudflare Workers, D1 might be the best choice for you, make sure to check it out at - Cloudflare D1. 🎉Xata is another serverless relational database that is based on PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch under the hood. 🚀 It treats your tables like a spreadsheet and what’s really cool about it is that it has full-text search built-in. 🔍 No need to duplicate data to an ElasticSearch instance! They have SDKs for many languages and a visual schema editor. Here’s a short brief of what the free tier has to offer:Fauna is another serverless database created by ex-Twitter engineers. It's kind of like MongoDB, but with native JOIN operations, many document databases miss. They have their own language, FQL, and also a GraphQL API. Here's a quick overview of their free tier:Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL option written in Rust. 🎉 It has a great free tier, good docs, and supports data branching for various environments. Here's a glance at their free tier:By far, Neon is my top pick! Check it out for yourself at - Neon. 🚀Enjoy these databases and happy coding! 😊Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well Confirm For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse Morten @ home - Sep 28 Nguyễn Thanh Hòa - Sep 26 Diana Le - Sep 28 Pavel Keyzik - Sep 25 Once suspended, gpskwlkr will not be able to comment or publish posts until their suspension is removed. Once unsuspended, gpskwlkr will be able to comment and publish posts again. Once unpublished, all posts by gpskwlkr will become hidden and only accessible to themselves. If gpskwlkr is not suspended, they can still re-publish their posts from their dashboard. Note: Once unpublished, this post will become invisible to the public and only accessible to Giorgi Anakidze. They can still re-publish the post if they are not suspended. Thanks for keeping DEV Community safe. Here is what you can do to flag gpskwlkr: gpskwlkr consistently posts content that violates DEV Community's code of conduct because it is harassing, offensive or spammy. Unflagging gpskwlkr will restore default visibility to their posts. DEV Community — A constructive and inclusive social network for software developers. With you every step of your journey. Built on Forem — the open source software that powers DEV and other inclusive communities.Made with love and Ruby on Rails. DEV Community © 2016 - 2023. We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.