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CrateDB
by CrateDB
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Free | 2 vCPUs · 2 GiB RAM · 8 GiB storage | Free |
| Shared | Up to 8 shared vCPUs · Up to 12 GB RAM · Up to 1 TB storage | On request |
| Dedicated | Up to 9 nodes · Up to 144 vCPUs · Up to 495 GB RAM · Up to 72 TB storage | On request |
| CrateDB Cloud Free Plan | 2 vCPUs · 2 GB RAM · 8 GB storage · no credit card required · backups once per day | Free |
| Open Source | Free for Self-Hosting · On Premise | Free |
| CrateDB Cloud Shared | Hourly, as displayed · Shared environment · single node · up to 8 shared vCPUs and 12 GB RAM · up to 1 TB storage · development support | $0.07 a month |
| CrateDB Cloud Dedicated | Hourly, as displayed; includes basic support · Dedicated environment · up to 9 nodes · up to 144 vCPUs and 495 GB RAM · up to 72 TB storage · uptime SLAs · AWS/Azure Private Link · backups once per hour | $0.25 a month |
| Shared S4 | per month · Cloud | $103 a month |
The first 8 of 17 plans, as cratedb.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Facts from CrateDB's own pages
- Batch ingestion
- Batch loading is supported for historical backfills, scheduled updates and large imports. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud security defaults
- The security page says CrateDB Cloud enables encryption at rest, IP allowlists, MFA, and isolated clusters by default. · cratedb.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists CrateDB as a privately held software company founded in 2013 with 11–50 employees and headquarters in Vienna. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- CrateDB Cloud holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications, according to the security page. · cratedb.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Connectivity
- CrateDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol and a native HTTP endpoint. · cratedb.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Connectivity and SDKs
- Applications can connect through the PostgreSQL wire protocol, HTTP endpoints and native drivers or client libraries. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Data types
- It supports time-series, JSON, full-text, vector, geospatial, and structured data in one engine. · cratedb.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- CrateDB can be used as a fully managed service or deployed on preferred infrastructure, and its download page provides Linux and macOS installation information plus Docker and Kubernetes guides. · cratedb.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation includes connection guides, ingestion methods, integrations, administration, SQL syntax, functions and API reference material. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2013 · cratedb.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · cratedb.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Full-text feature
- Full-text search is provided inside the SQL engine for large unstructured text datasets. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Crunchbase lists five funding rounds and 13 investors, including Zetta Venture Partners and Momenta Ventures. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Geospatial feature
- Geospatial types support distance calculations, spatial filtering and location analytics. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, California, United States · cratedb.com, 28 Sept 2026
- High availability
- Built-in replication and automatic failover are designed to keep clusters running through node failures. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Horizontal scaling
- Nodes can be added to increase throughput, with automatic sharding and replication. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Installation documentation covers Docker, Kubernetes, Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat packages and tarball archives; Linux and macOS are explicitly supported download targets. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Tableau Cloud, Power BI, Kafka, StreamSets, DBeaver, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow, Superset, Metabase, Excel and n8n. · trustradius.com, 15 Oct 2026
- JSON feature
- JSON objects are stored and queried natively with flexible schemas and real-time filtering. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Crate.io Inc., also known as CrateDB, Crate.io and Crate. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The open-source core is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. · cratedb.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: administration and extensibility
- G2 complaints include an improvable admin dashboard, inability to control sharding, limited ORM support and missing extension mechanisms. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: ecosystem and tooling
- G2 feedback mentions a limited ecosystem of ready-made connectors and administration tools. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
Where CrateDB stands on Freedom251
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- Spatial Databases#2 of 40
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- Multimodel Databases#4 of 26