Pricing

Free while we're in preview.

Every feature the database ships, up to 10 GB of data, free to use until November 2026. Nothing is paywalled and there's no card to enter — we'll publish pricing before the free period ends.

Preview

Run AetheriusDB on your own hardware, with the whole feature set unlocked, while we're getting it production-hard. Free for everyone until November 2026.

Free until November 2026

What you get

  • Every feature — SQL, native vectors, graph traversal, time-travel, and in-database compute. Nothing is held back for a paid tier.
  • Up to 10 GB of data per deployment.
  • Self-hosted on Linux, macOS, or Windows via WSL2 — pre-built installers or build from source.
  • All three wire protocols — native, PostgreSQL pgwire, and Arrow Flight SQL — so your existing tools connect unchanged.
  • The full documentation, with an availability label on every feature.

What it costs

  • Nothing until November 2026.
  • No card, no quote, no sales call to get started.
  • No feature gating — we don't withhold capability to force an upgrade.
  • No usage metering beyond the 10 GB ceiling.
  • Need more than 10 GB, or commercial terms today? Talk to us through the partner programme.
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Paid plans coming soon

We're working out what to charge for teams that outgrow the preview — larger deployments, production support, and commercial terms. There's nothing to announce yet, and we'd rather publish a number we mean than a placeholder.

Pricing will be published before the free period ends, so nobody has to guess.

AetheriusDB Cloud coming soon

A managed service, so you don't run and tune the daemon yourself. It isn't available yet — today AetheriusDB is self-hosted, and that's the only way to run it.

If a managed service is what you're waiting for, the partner programme is the way to tell us — early partners shape what ships first.

The one caveat worth reading: "every feature" means nothing is behind a paywall — it does not mean everything is production-hard. Some capabilities are on by default, others are opt-in behind a flag, in beta, or still on the roadmap, and every feature page in the docs says which. That's the list to check before you build on something. /reference/configuration →

Frequently asked

The obvious questions

What happens in November 2026?

We publish pricing before then, so you can decide with the numbers in front of you rather than being surprised by them. If you're running AetheriusDB in the meantime, your data and your install are yours — and the docs carry a written export path, so nothing traps you in the format.

What if my workload needs more than 10 GB?

Tell us. The 10 GB ceiling is what the free preview covers; larger deployments are exactly the conversation the partner programme exists for, and design partners pay no licence cost during the programme. /partners →

Is any feature locked behind a paid tier?

No. The preview is the whole database — SQL, vector search, graph traversal, time-travel, in-database compute, row-level security, all three wire protocols. What varies is maturity, not entitlement: each feature page carries an availability label (default, opt-in flag, beta, or roadmap).

Can I use it in production right now?

Parts of it, and the docs are explicit about which. Read the availability labels for the specific features your workload depends on before you commit — and if you'd like us to walk through that with you, that's what the partner call is for. /reference/configuration →

Is there a managed cloud version?

Not yet — it's coming, but today AetheriusDB runs on your own hardware. The install takes a single command and the daemon exposes all three wire endpoints at once. /get-started/install →