Managed PostgreSQL From $11/mo
Production-ready PostgreSQL on dedicated VMs across 9 cloud providers including Hetzner, AWS, DigitalOcean, and Scaleway. Daily automated backups, free SSL, automated patches, 24/7 monitoring, full root SSH access. From $11 per month, all-inclusive.
On-Premise
Why managed
Why managed PostgreSQL on Elestio
Running PostgreSQL in production requires backups, SSL, patches, monitoring, replication, and tuning. The time investment is 1-3 days setup + 4-8 hours per month maintenance. Skip all of it.
5-10x cheaper than RDS
Hyperscaler managed PostgreSQL (RDS, Cloud SQL) costs $60-100 per month for equivalent resources. Elestio is $11.
Dedicated VM, not shared
Predictable performance with no noisy-neighbor issues. Full root SSH for debugging. Same VM you control end-to-end.
Everything included
Compute, storage, bandwidth, SSL, daily backups, monitoring, automated updates, expert support. No add-on invoices.
What you get
Production PostgreSQL, out of the box
PostgreSQL 12-18, default 18
Choose any major version from 12 to 18. PostgreSQL 18 (the latest) is the default. Major version upgrades opt-in and tested before rollout.
Daily backups + PITR
Daily automated off-site backups in a different region. Retention scales with your support level: 7 days (Level 1), 14 days (Level 2), 30 days (Level 3). Continuous WAL archiving for point-in-time recovery.
Encryption + compliance
Encryption at rest (LUKS), TLS 1.3 in transit. SOC 2 + ISO 27001 + HIPAA-ready + GDPR. EU data residency via 3 EU providers.
Full root SSH
Tune PostgreSQL conf, install extensions, debug at the OS level. Same dedicated VM, your control.
100+ extensions
pgvector, timescaledb, PostGIS, pg_trgm, citext, hstore, uuid-ossp, plpgsql / plpython / plperl all pre-available.
High-availability clusters
Deploy a managed multi-node PostgreSQL cluster for high availability and failover, instead of a single instance. Not tied to a support tier.
Pricing
Side-by-side pricing for the same baseline
Baseline: 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 60 GB SSD PostgreSQL with daily backups, SSL, monitoring.
Use cases
What you can build
PostgreSQL is the workhorse relational database for almost every modern stack.
Web application database
Standard relational DB for SaaS, web apps, APIs. Native JSON support, full ACID, well-known to engineers.
Vector DB for RAG (pgvector)
Deploy Elestio's dedicated pgvector template for a unified relational + vector store. Often simpler than running a separate vector database.
Analytics + reporting
PostgreSQL with timescaledb for time-series workloads, or with strong indexing for OLAP queries on small to medium datasets.
Replication target
Use Elestio PostgreSQL as a read replica or DR target for a primary database hosted elsewhere.
Migration
Migrate PostgreSQL with the built-in tool
No manual dumps. Elestio has a built-in migration tool in the dashboard: point it at your existing PostgreSQL (on-premise or any other cloud) and it copies your data with real-time progress logs.
Configure
Open your Elestio PostgreSQL service and click "Migrate Database". Make sure the target has enough disk space.
Validate
Enter your source database credentials (host, port, database, user, password) and run the built-in connection check.
Migrate
Start the migration and follow the real-time logs until it completes. No CLI, no dump files to move around.
Works with PostgreSQL from Heroku, AWS RDS, DigitalOcean, Supabase, or self-hosted. Full guide: PostgreSQL migration docs. For zero-downtime cutover you can still use pglogical or AWS DMS.
Production PostgreSQL in 3 minutes
Free trial. SSL, backups, monitoring, full root SSH all included.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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What PostgreSQL version do you support?
PostgreSQL 12 through 18. PostgreSQL 18 (the latest) is the default. Major version upgrades are opt-in and tested before rollout.
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Can I run pgvector for AI use cases?
Yes. Elestio has a dedicated pgvector template (PostgreSQL with the pgvector extension ready to use). Deploy it for embeddings storage and similarity search in RAG pipelines, no manual extension setup.
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How do backups work?
Daily automated full backups to off-site storage in a different region from your VM. Retention depends on your support plan: 7 days on Level 1 (Basic), 14 days on Level 2, and 30 days on Level 3 (Enterprise). Continuous WAL archiving enables point-in-time recovery.
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Do I get a database admin UI?
Yes. Elestio automatically exposes pgAdmin, the web-based PostgreSQL admin tool, so you can browse tables, run queries, and manage your database from the browser, no local client needed.
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Can I migrate my existing PostgreSQL to Elestio?
Yes, with the built-in migration tool in the dashboard. Open your PostgreSQL service, click "Migrate Database", enter your source credentials (Heroku, RDS, DigitalOcean, Supabase, or self-hosted), and Elestio copies your data with real-time progress logs. No manual dumps.
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What about high availability?
Elestio offers managed PostgreSQL clusters: deploy a multi-node cluster for high availability and failover instead of a single instance. It is not tied to a specific support plan.
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