Aiven for PostgreSQL
7.8#4 in relational databasesFrom $5 a monthFree planWebAPISelf-hosted
VisitAiven for PostgreSQL vs Railway
What both publish
| Fact | Aiven for PostgreSQL | Railway |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | Aiven lists ISO 27001-series, ISAE 3000 SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA and PCI DSS coverage. | Railway's Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, HIPAA, GDPR EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework compliance information. |
| Documentation depth | The PostgreSQL documentation covers connections, querying, service and database management, scaling, maintenance, high availability, backups, monitoring, integrations and extensions. | Documentation covers deployment, databases, networking, observability, CLI commands, API operations, infrastructure as code and troubleshooting. |
| Funding | Aiven announced a $210 million Series D in 2022 at a reported $3 billion pre-money valuation. | Crunchbase lists Railway as a private Series B company with three funding rounds and nine investors, including Unusual Ventures and TQ Ventures. |
| Integrations | PostgreSQL can integrate with Aiven for Grafana for visualization and can send metrics to external endpoints such as Datadog. | Official Railway integrations include ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, Claude Code, Grok, Cursor, and other AI assistant connectors. |
| Public API | Aiven provides a REST API with an OpenAPI specification usable through cURL, the CLI or a Postman collection. | The public API is GraphQL at backboard.railway.com/graphql/v2 and supports account, workspace, project tokens and OAuth. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.4 out of 5 from 78 reviews. | 4.7 out of 5 from 42 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.6 out of 5 from 38 reviews for Aiven for PostgreSQL. | 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.7 out of 5 from 71 reviews. | 0.0 out of 10 from 0 reviews |
Aiven for PostgreSQL plans
- FreeFree
- Developer$5 a month
- Hobbyist$12 a month
- Startup$75 a month
- Business$180 a month
- Premium$270 a month
Railway plans
- FreeFree
- TrialFree
- Hobby$5 a month
- Pro$20 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Pick Aiven for PostgreSQL if…
The free tier is positioned for learning and prototypes, while Developer is aimed at test and personal projects. Startup and Business are positioned for higher-performance testing and production workloads, respectively.
Pick Railway if…
Railway suits developers and teams deploying services from repositories or Docker images who want infrastructure, databases, deployment environments and operational tools in one platform. Mobile apps may also suit users who want to manage services from iOS or Android.