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Database Labs vs Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL: What are the differences?

What is Database Labs? Deploy a cloud Postgres server in 1 minute. We manage an optimized Postgres image. You focus on your core app, not on becoming a database administrator.

What is Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL? Fully-managed database service- set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational PostgreSQL databases in the cloud. Cloud SQL offers high performance, scalability, and convenience. Hosted on Google Cloud Platform, Cloud SQL provides a database infrastructure for applications running anywhere.

Database Labs and Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL can be categorized as "PostgreSQL as a Service" tools.

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Jorge Perez
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Amazon RDS for PostgreSQLAmazon RDS for PostgreSQLGoogle Cloud SQL for PostgreSQLGoogle Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL
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Heroku PostgresHeroku Postgres

Considering moving part of our PostgreSQL database infrastructure to the cloud, however, not quite sure between AWS, Heroku, Azure and Google cloud. Things to consider: The main reason is for backing up and centralize all our data in the cloud. With that in mind the main elements are: -Pricing for storage. -Small team. -No need for high throughput. -Support for docker swarm and Kubernetes.

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David Weinberg
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Amazon RDS for PostgreSQLAmazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Good balance between easy to manage, pricing, docs and features.

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Max Musing
Founder & CEO at BaseDash · | 1 upvotes · 45.6K views
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DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesDigitalOcean Managed Databases
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DigitalOcean's offering is pretty solid. Easy to scale, great UI, automatic daily backups, decent pricing.

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    What is Database Labs?

    We manage an optimized Postgres image. You focus on your core app, not on becoming a database administrator.

    What is Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL?

    With Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, you can spend less time on your database operations and more time on your applications.

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        What are some alternatives to Database Labs and Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL?
        Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
        Amazon RDS manages complex and time-consuming administrative tasks such as PostgreSQL software installation and upgrades, storage management, replication for high availability and back-ups for disaster recovery. With just a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, you can deploy a PostgreSQL database with automatically configured database parameters for optimal performance. Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL database instances can be provisioned with either standard storage or Provisioned IOPS storage. Once provisioned, you can scale from 10GB to 3TB of storage and from 1,000 IOPS to 30,000 IOPS.
        Heroku Postgres
        Heroku Postgres provides a SQL database-as-a-service that lets you focus on building your application instead of messing around with database management.
        Azure Database for PostgreSQL
        Azure Database for PostgreSQL provides a managed database service for app development and deployment that allows you to stand up a PostgreSQL database in minutes and scale on the fly – on the cloud you trust most.
        ElephantSQL
        ElephantSQL hosts PostgreSQL on Amazon EC2 in multiple regions and availability zones. The servers are continuously transferring the Write-Ahead-Log (the transaction log) to S3 for maximum reliability.
        Neon Database
        It is a fully managed serverless PostgreSQL. Neon separates storage and compute to offer modern developer features such as serverless, branching, bottomless storage, and more.
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