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AivenPackaging change · Feature added · New add-on · Nov 17 → Jan 1, 2024

Aiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options

Verified Jan 10, 2026Cloud & DevOpsDirection: up
The changeered Storage feature added to comparison table - offload data — changed.
Before · Nov 17local disks
After · Jan 1object storage
changed
2 changes2 capturesNov 17, 2023 → Jan 1, 2024

What happened

Between the Nov 17, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024 captures of Aiven's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Kafka Tiered Storage feature added to comparison table - offload data from local disks to object storage in the cloud; Tiered Storage add-on introduced for Business and Premium plans. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, new add-on) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 21, 2026) lists Developer at $5, Hobbyist at $12, Startup at $75, Business at $180 and Premium at $270.

This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Aiven. Aiven has been tracked since 2024-10-01.

In the same window MongoDB, Google Cloud, PlanetScale and Heroku also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • — · FeatureChanged
    local disksobject storage
  • Business, Premium · Add-onAdded
    No Tiered Storage add-onTiered Storage add-on

Values as written on Aiven's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of Aiven's pricing page (aiven.io) from Nov 17, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "local disks" becomes "object storage".

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Aiven, pricing history

Full history
  1. Q2 2025improvedAiven Boosts Premium and Business Plans with 4x Increase in Cluster Storage Capacity
  2. Q1 2025improvedAiven Doubles RAM Capacity for Startup Plan VMs from 2 GB to 4 GB
  3. Q2 2024packagingAiven Removes AWS Transit Gateway and PrivateLink Add-ons from Kafka Plans, Introduces Aiven for Valkey
  4. Dec 2023packagingAiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options · this change

Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window

All Cloud & DevOps changes
  1. MongoDBOct 5MongoDB launches Atlas Infinite preview: 128TB shards at $0.09/hour
  2. Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
  3. Google CloudSep 21Google Cloud Looker scraps Sept 30 deadline, extends free CA access indefinitely
  4. PlanetScaleJul 20PlanetScale hides storage overage rate, points users to calculator instead
  5. HerokuJul 3Heroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing)

Questions about this change

Did Aiven raise prices in January 2024?

No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 17, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, new add-on.

What changed on Aiven's pricing page between Nov 17, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024?

Feature: local disks → object storage, changed; Business, Premium add-on: No Tiered Storage add-on → Tiered Storage add-on, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 17, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Aiven change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Aiven in the 90 days before this one; Aiven has been tracked since 2024-10-01.