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Managed PostgreSQL

Crunchy Bridge

A PostgreSQL-focused managed database service with provisioned instance plans across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud regions.

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Editorial verdict

Choose Crunchy Bridge when PostgreSQL focus, explicit provisioned capacity, and supported AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud regions fit better than an integrated backend platform or scale-to-zero database. Do not use Hobby plans as a proxy for production high availability or SLA coverage.16

Best for

  • Teams that want a PostgreSQL-specialist managed service with transparent instance sizing
  • Products that need a supported AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud deployment choice
  • Applications that value included managed backups and optional high availability on production plans
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Not ideal for

  • Workloads whose primary requirement is scale-to-zero compute or database branching
  • Teams seeking an integrated authentication, storage, edge-function, and database platform
  • Production systems expecting Hobby pricing to include high availability, production support, or an SLA
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Main trade-off

Crunchy Bridge offers a focused managed PostgreSQL boundary and explicit capacity, but capacity remains provisioned, high availability doubles the cluster instance price, and region, plan, version, extension, and networking choices require validation.136

Product boundary

Whether a PostgreSQL-specialist managed service with conventional provisioned capacity is preferable to a broader backend platform, hyperscaler database, or scale-to-zero service.

Crunchy Bridge operates PostgreSQL clusters, backups, maintenance, and optional high availability within its documented service boundary. The customer still owns schema, migrations, queries, connections, extension compatibility, application recovery behavior, and provider or region selection.2345

For: Teams that want managed PostgreSQL, explicit instance sizing, and a choice of supported cloud providers without adopting an integrated backend platform

  • Production requires high availability, an SLA, or support that excludes Hobby plans.
  • A required PostgreSQL version or extension is not available under the current service policy.
  • The selected provider, region, private networking, or disaster-recovery topology does not fit.
  • Provisioned instance, storage, and doubled HA pricing compare poorly at the expected workload.

Why teams consider Crunchy Bridge

  • PostgreSQL specializationThe service is centered on managed PostgreSQL versions, extensions, maintenance, and database operations.2345
  • Included managed backupsCrunchy Bridge documents daily physical backups, continuous WAL archiving, and point-in-time database forks within its retention policy.2345
  • Optional high availabilityEligible production plans can add a hot standby and automated failure handling under the documented HA model.2345
  • Multi-cloud regionsSupported regions span AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with networking options varying by provider and region.23456

Pricing

Crunchy Bridge prorates provisioned instance and storage charges by the second. Plan price varies by instance size, cloud provider, region, and storage; enabling high availability doubles the cluster instance price, and Hobby has no HA or SLA.1

Non-production

Hobby-0

The published AWS US East example currently lists $9 per month for 512 MB memory; Hobby is best effort, has no SLA, and does not support high availability.1

Production baseline

Standard-4

The published AWS US East example currently lists $70 per month before storage and optional high availability.1

Memory-oriented production

Memory-16

The published AWS US East example currently lists $240 per month before storage and optional high availability.1

Storage example
$0.10 per GB-month on the current published pricing table1
Billing granularity
Provisioned time and storage are prorated by the second1
High availability
Doubles the cluster instance price and is unavailable on Hobby1
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Crunchy Bridge vs alternatives

Neon

Choose when
Choose it when scale-to-zero compute, branching, and a serverless PostgreSQL architecture matter more than conventional provisioned instances.
Compared with Crunchy Bridge
The storage and compute architecture, connection behavior, and platform operating model differ.7

Supabase

Choose when
Choose it when PostgreSQL should arrive with an integrated backend platform for authentication, storage, APIs, realtime, and edge functions.
Compared with Crunchy Bridge
The product adopts a broader platform boundary and must evaluate each integrated service separately.8

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Choose when
Evaluate it when AWS-native networking, IAM, procurement, and managed database integration outweigh multi-cloud service portability.
Compared with Crunchy Bridge
The database becomes more tightly coupled to AWS infrastructure, operational conventions, and pricing.9

Resources and sources

Official product and architecture

  • Crunchy Bridge backups
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  • Crunchy Bridge high availability
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  • Crunchy Bridge PostgreSQL versions
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  • Crunchy Bridge extensions and languages
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  • Crunchy Bridge networking
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Official pricing

  • Crunchy Bridge plans and pricing
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