The cheapest managed MySQL.
Prices checked
DigitalOcean Basic leads 27 databases at $60.90 a month, checked .
Top 10
all 811 prices- 1
Basic
DigitalOcean · 4 GB · 2 vCPU · 60 GB disk$60.90/mo - 2
Developer-1
Aiven · 1 GB · 1 vCPU · 8 GB disk$5.11/mo - 3
Basic
DigitalOcean · 1 GB · 1 vCPU · 10 GB disk$15.15/mo - 4
G6 Shared
Akamai Cloud (Linode) · 1 GB · 1 vCPU · 9 GB disk$16/mo - 5
Basic
DigitalOcean · 2 GB · 1 vCPU · 30 GB disk$30.45/mo - 6
G6 Shared
Akamai Cloud (Linode) · 2 GB · 1 vCPU · 30 GB disk$32/mo - 7
G6 Shared
Akamai Cloud (Linode) · 4 GB · 2 vCPU · 58 GB disk$63/mo - 8
Startup-4
Aiven · 4 GB · 1 vCPU · 80 GB disk$75/mo - 9
Basic Premium AMD
DigitalOcean · 8 GB · 2 vCPU · 90 GB disk$101.35/mo - 10
G6 Shared
Akamai Cloud (Linode) · 8 GB · 4 vCPU · 130 GB disk$126/mo
How we count
The floor is the same as for Postgres: a single node with at least 1 GB of RAM and a disk included in the price. 27 databases clear it, one per provider at each size, from $60.90/mo. A price is what one month costs, in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Disk beyond the included size, backups and transfer are billed on top wherever the provider says so, and the provider's page carries those rates.
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest of the single-node MySQL databases right now?
- DigitalOcean Basic, $60.90 a month. Read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Which provider shows up most in this ranking?
- DigitalOcean holds 4 of the top 10 places. A provider counts once per size, at its cheapest database there.
- What does the price cover?
- One month of every node the row names, with the disk it states, in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Disk beyond that, backups and transfer are billed on top wherever the provider says so, and each provider's page carries those rates.
- How is this ranked, and how current is it?
- Prices are read every morning from 14 providers' own price lists and APIs, and this list recomputes with them. A price read for the first time, or held while a second reading checks it, says so on its row and gives first place to a price that is confirmed or a week old whenever the list has one. Last refresh: 21 Oct 2026.