Aiven Doubles RAM Capacity for Startup Plan VMs from 2 GB to 4 GB
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Aiven's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Startup plan RAM per VM increased from 2 GB to 2-4 GB (upper limit doubled). Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase) 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.
Aiven's previous recorded change was "Aiven Removes AWS Transit Gateway and PrivateLink Add-ons from Kafka Plans, Introduces Aiven for Valkey" (Q2 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "Aiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options" (Dec 2023). 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.
- Startup · Limit0%2 GB2
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startup | Limit | 2 GB | 2 | 0% |
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 comparedFull-page captures of Aiven's pricing page (aiven.io) from Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where startup limit reads 2 GB and then 2.
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Aiven, pricing history
Full history- Apr 20, 2026improvedAiven restructures free plan with new throughput and topic limits
- Apr 11, 2026packagingAiven: networking no longer 'all cost included' across plans
- Q2 2025improvedAiven Boosts Premium and Business Plans with 4x Increase in Cluster Storage Capacity
- Q1 2025improvedAiven Doubles RAM Capacity for Startup Plan VMs from 2 GB to 4 GB · this change
- Q2 2024packagingAiven Removes AWS Transit Gateway and PrivateLink Add-ons from Kafka Plans, Introduces Aiven for Valkey
- Dec 2023packagingAiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- MongoDBOct 5MongoDB launches Atlas Infinite preview: 128TB shards at $0.09/hour
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
- Google CloudSep 21Google Cloud Looker scraps Sept 30 deadline, extends free CA access indefinitely
- PlanetScaleJul 20PlanetScale hides storage overage rate, points users to calculator instead
- HerokuJul 3Heroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing)
Questions about this change
Did Aiven raise prices in April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase.
What changed on Aiven's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Startup limit: 2 GB → 2. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; 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; the previous change was "Aiven Removes AWS Transit Gateway and PrivateLink Add-ons from Kafka Plans, Introduces Aiven for Valkey" in Q2 2024; Aiven has been tracked since 2024-10-01.