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DB 5.3/10

Serverless managed ClickHouse with HTTP data ingest and SQL-published APIs, free forever with no time limit and no credit card.

Tinybird Free scores 5.3/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Free forever: 0.25 vCPUs, 10GB included storage, 1,000 API requests per day, community support, no credit card.

Category DB Kind Serverless managed ClickHouse analytics database Caveats Shared infrastructure capped at 0.25 vCPU and 1,000 requests/day; not suitable for high-traffic production analytics. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

5.3 / 10
Show the math
Overall 5.3/10
value = 5.3/100
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Capacity 4/10
value = 3 $/mo
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Operations 5.5/10
value = 5.5/100
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Production fit 8.3/10
value = 8.3/100
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Key metrics

10 GB Storage
1 reads/mo Reads policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly read allowance is published in this item.
1 writes/mo Writes policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly write allowance is published in this item.
Metered Egress $0.01-$0.10/GB
0 hr/mo Compute 0.25 vCPU shared, 1k req/day
n/a Databases

What you get

Verified free tier: 10GB storage + 1k requests/day, no card

No time limit on the free plan

Connection-less data ingest over HTTP

Publish SQL queries directly as HTTP APIs

Limitations

  • 1,000 API requests/day

    The free tier is capped at 1,000 API (pipe) requests per day, resetting each day.

  • 10GB included storage

    Only 10GB of ClickHouse storage is included; paid plans start at 25GB (Developer) or 500GB (SaaS).

  • 0.25 vCPU shared

    The free plan runs on shared infrastructure with only 0.25 vCPUs and 1 thread per request, making it unsuitable for high-traffic production analytics.

  • Events API: 10MB/req, 100 req/sec

    Data ingest via the Events API is capped at 10MB per request and 100 requests per second.

  • No data branches

    The free tier does not include data branches (Developer gets 3, SaaS gets 6), limiting staging/dev workflow isolation.

  • Community support only

    Free users receive community support only; email and dedicated support are paid-tier features.

  • No high availability / SLA

    No enterprise uptime SLA and no guaranteed replicas on the free plan; paid plans include 2 replicas by default.

  • No Kafka connector

    Kafka connector is not available on the free plan; only the Events API and basic HTTP ingest are included.

  • No S3/GCS connectors

    S3 and GCS connectors and sinks are not available on the free tier, limiting bulk data ingestion options.

  • No AI features / LLM credits

    AI Explorations, remote MCP server, and LLM credits ($100 on Developer) are not available on the free plan.

Sources

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