No. 12 of 25 ·Distributed SQL Databases

YDB

Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

YDB is ranked #12 of 25 in distributed SQL databases on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

YDB plans and pricing

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Open-Source Free Apache 2.0 · community-supported · self-host anywhere ydb.tech · 4 Oct 2026

Managed YDB Serverless Free Usage-based; billed for queries and stored data, with a monthly free package First 1,000,000 operations and first 1 GB/month of storage free yandex.cloud · 4 Oct 2026

Managed YDB Dedicated Not published Hourly for dedicated resources, regardless of actual use Compute and storage resources specified by customer yandex.cloud · 4 Oct 2026

Enterprise Not published Enhanced security and compliance · 24×7 SLA-backed commercial support ydb.tech · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on distributed SQL databases

Deployment model: both
Horizontal scaling: Yes
Multi-region deployment: Yes
HTAP workloads: Yes

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The record

Product: YDB is a distributed SQL database for OLTP, OLAP, and streaming workloads.
Transactions: YDB supports global ACID transactions and strong consistency.
Scaling: YDB automatically shards and rebalances data, and compute and storage can scale independently.
Analytics: YDB provides columnar tables and a distributed vectorized query engine for analytical workloads.
Streaming: YDB Topics supports the Kafka API 3.4.0, exactly-once delivery, and automatic partitioning.
AI and vector search: YDB provides a native vector index for approximate nearest-neighbor queries and documents use in semantic search, recommendations, and RAG pipelines.
Integrations: The integrations documentation lists DBeaver, DataGrip, Grafana, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Kafka API, dbt, SQLAlchemy, and LangChain among supported integrations.
Deployment: YDB can be deployed on premises and on virtual machines with Ansible, or in cloud environments with Kubernetes.
Security: YDB supports internal users and external users from directory services such as LDAP and IAM, along with user and group access rights.
Compliance: YDB states that its security features help meet requirements including PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
Observability and backups: YDB integrates with observability software using Prometheus and OpenTelemetry protocols, and backups can use S3-compatible object stores or a filesystem.
Support: Commercial support offers a Basic 8×5 ticket service and an Advanced 24×7 service through tickets, chat, and videoconferencing.
Notable limitation: The dbt-YDB connector is marked Preview and does not currently support all dbt features.
Intended users: YDB describes its enterprise edition as intended for business-critical applications, with enhanced security, compliance, and SLA-backed commercial support.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

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Sources

ydb.tech· checked 4 Oct 2026
ydb.tech/docs/en/integrations/· checked 4 Oct 2026
ydb.tech/docs/en/security/· checked 4 Oct 2026
ydb.tech/support/· checked 4 Oct 2026
ydb.tech/docs/en/integrations/migration/dbt· checked 4 Oct 2026
yandex.cloud/en/docs/ydb/pricing/serverless· checked 4 Oct 2026
yandex.cloud/en/docs/ydb/concepts/serverless-and-ded· checked 4 Oct 2026