Applications and operations
Choose where PostgreSQL runs
Compare a managed service with operating PostgreSQL yourself before treating the monthly price as the whole cost.
8 minute lesson
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A managed provider normally handles installation, patching, monitoring, backups, and failover options. You still own schema changes, queries, access, capacity, and restore testing.
Self-hosting gives more control but also makes upgrades, storage, replication, security, and recovery your responsibility.
Choose the operational work you are prepared to perform, not only the database feature list.
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