SingleStore pricing guide details
Pricing Overview
SingleStore offers Shared, Standard, Enterprise, and BYOC Standard options on its pricing page. Shared is a free managed shared workspace for evaluation, development, and non-production testing. Standard is for general-purpose production workloads and starts at $0.99/hr. Enterprise is positioned for customer-facing workloads needing enhanced disaster recovery and security, and starts at $1.49/hr. BYOC Standard provides the managed Helios Cloud experience within a customer’s own VPC; the supplied page says to contact SingleStore for BYOC pricing.
The page describes cloud cost as dependent on actual usage and provides estimates that include workspace usage and storage. It also says SingleStore does not charge for data ingress, though cloud providers may charge separately. The displayed calculator labels its results as estimates and notes that buyers can contact SingleStore for more accurate pricing and volume-based discounts. Buyers should confirm the applicable cloud provider, region, workspace size, runtime, storage usage, availability-zone configuration, and whether commitment pricing is appropriate for their production deployment.
Plan Comparison
| Edition | Intended use | Included features and service |
|---|---|---|
| Shared | Evaluation, development, and non-production testing | One free shared workspace; all SQL and programmability features; monitoring; self-support |
| Standard | General-purpose production workloads | Starts at $0.99/hr; read-replicas; all SQL and programmability features; database branching; 30-day monitoring; Standard Support; 99.9% SLA in one availability zone or 99.99% SLA in two availability zones |
| Enterprise | Customer-facing workloads that need enhanced disaster recovery and security | Starts at $1.49/hr; everything in Standard plus online PITR, Smart DR, audit logging, CMEK, and Standard Support; 99.9% SLA in one availability zone or 99.99% SLA in two availability zones |
| BYOC Standard | Running fully managed Helios Cloud in your own VPC | Read-replicas; all SQL and programmability features; 30-day monitoring; Standard Support; contact SingleStore for pricing |
SingleStore’s pricing page distinguishes the Shared edition for non-production use from the Standard and Enterprise managed editions for production workloads. Standard is positioned for general-purpose production, while Enterprise adds the listed recovery and security features for customer-facing workloads. BYOC Standard is available for organizations that want the managed Helios Cloud experience within their own VPC, but the supplied pricing page directs buyers to contact SingleStore for its pricing.
Hidden Costs and Considerations
Storage is billed separately from compute credits, and the cost scales with volume. While SingleStore does not charge for data ingress, your cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) still bills for egress. Multi-AZ deployments for the 99.99% SLA effectively double your compute cost since you are running two availability zones. Reserved pricing locks you in -- if workloads shrink, you are still paying the committed rate. Teams that need high availability should budget for at least 2x their base compute estimate. Finally, keep in mind that workspace sizing is not infinitely granular; you pick from fixed tiers, so you may end up paying for more memory than you strictly need.
Cost Estimates by Team Size
| Team Size | Typical Workspace | Memory | Storage | Reserved Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small team (dev/test) | S-00 | 2 GB | 16 GB | $374/mo |
| Growing startup | S-0 | 4 GB | 32 GB | $748/mo |
| Mid-size analytics | S-1 | 8 GB | 64 GB | $1,497/mo |
| Growth-stage production | S-2 | 16 GB | 128 GB | $2,993/mo |
| Large-scale / enterprise | S-4 | 32 GB | 256 GB | $5,986/mo |
| Heavy workloads | S-8 | 64 GB | 512 GB | $11,972/mo |
These figures assume a single workspace running 24/7 on reserved pricing. On-demand rates run approximately 25% higher. Add a second availability zone for the 99.99% SLA and the bill roughly doubles. Most production teams we have seen land in the S-1 to S-4 range, putting realistic monthly spend between $1,497 and $5,986. Teams just getting started with SingleStore can begin on the free Shared tier and graduate to an S-00 reserved workspace at $374/month once they need dedicated compute and an SLA.
How SingleStore Pricing Compares
| Database | Free Tier | Entry-Level Paid | Pricing Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| SingleStore | Shared (free, shared infra) | $374/mo (S-00 reserved) | Credit-based, per hour |
| Neo4j AuraDB | AuraDB Free (limited) | $65/mo (Professional) | Instance-based |
| InfluxDB | Community Edition (self-hosted) | $250/mo (Cloud) | Usage-based |
| MotherDuck | Free (1 user) | $25/mo (Pro) | Per-seat + compute |
SingleStore is the most expensive option at entry level -- $374/month versus $25 to $250 for competitors in the data warehouse category. That gap reflects its positioning as a unified transactional and analytical database, not a single-purpose tool. If your workload genuinely needs sub-millisecond query latency on mixed OLTP and OLAP data, the premium pays for itself by eliminating a separate analytics layer and the ETL pipeline connecting the two. If you only need one side of that equation -- pure analytics or pure transactions -- cheaper alternatives exist and will serve you well.
We see SingleStore as a strong fit for teams that would otherwise run two or three databases to cover transactions, analytics, and vector search. The consolidation savings in infrastructure management, reduced data movement, and simpler architecture can offset the higher sticker price. For teams with smaller budgets or simpler workloads, MotherDuck at $25/month or the free InfluxDB Community Edition will get the job done without the overhead.