Gel (formerly EdgeDB) review

Listed entry pricing is $19.50, and storage is billed separately at $0.50. That places Gel above the €4.38 median entry price for the databases in this comparison, so budget for a real workload rather than a trial.

Yes, Gel offers a free tier, so an idea can be modelled and queried before any spend. The trade-off is that the paid side does not start cheap: entry pricing of $19.50 sits above the €5.83 median across the site.

Storage is a separate line in the listing, priced at $0.50. A small dataset keeps the total close to the entry figure of $19.50, while a growing one adds to it steadily, so storage deserves attention on any project with expanding data.

Support runs through email, help centre and community, and those are the only channels listed, so self-serve material and community answers do the heavy lifting. Teams that want live chat or phone for production issues should raise that with the provider before committing.

The service is run by Gel Data Inc., the company behind both the pricing and the cloud terms. Knowing the contracting entity matters for procurement and for teams handling data under their own agreements.

RisingWave is listed at $0.23 and UCloud at $0.96, both below Gel's $19.50, while Vultr sits at $2.50. Readers shopping mainly on the headline figure have cheaper options, though Gel pairs its price with a free tier.

On price from, Gel ranks at 45 of 70 brands tracked on the site, with an overall score of 4.5. That places Gel mid-field rather than at the budget end, so value rests on what the team needs from the service.