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Affordable Solution
Thunderous impact, breaking to build anew, keeping costs manageable and value ever rising!
Fully leverage PostgreSQL's eco
Escape the RDS money pit
Everyone can be a DBA
No Containers or K8s
Key blockers resolved
Discuss & Share
Pay as needed
Clear pricing, value for money
Open-Source: Fully leverage PostgreSQL’s eco
Open source doesn’t mean free, and using it effectively can be costly.
Comparison of different PostgreSQL hosting solutions and their costs.
- Oracle license + support fees: approximately $3,878 / year·vCPU
- AWS RDS PG fees: approximately $1,920 ~ $2,640 / year·vCPU
- Pigsty OSS version is free, hardware cost is ~ $27/year·vCPU
Save More: Escape the RDS money pit
Affordable financial cost: escape the expensive pricing traps of RDS
Save 50% to 95%+ compared to cloud database services
- RDS costs can reach $2,000-$2,600/year·vCPU
- Self-hosting on cloud EC2, keeping elasticity and saving RDS costs
- Self-hosting on IDC: Deeply utilize cutting-edge hardware like Gen5 SSDs
DBA Efficiency: Everyone can be a DBA
Affordable manpower cost, transforming Devs and OPS into DBAs
Build enterprise-grade database services with existing team members
- Encapsulating elite DBA expertise from real-world failures
- Junior Dev and Ops can perform as mid-senior DBAs with proper tools
- Build enterprise-grade RDS services without database experts
Simplified Arch: No Containers or K8s
Simplicity matters, no need to use containers and kubernetes
Cloud-native benefits without the operational complexity
- Cloud-native benefits without complexity
- No need for rare experts in both K8s and databases
- Usually only need to worry about: adding disk if space is full
Enable Cloud-Exit: Key blockers resolved
Traditional public cloud services are rapidly losing their value proposition
Database is essential for cloud exit, Pigsty provides the missing piece
- No longer dependent on cloud services - own your infrastructure
- Customers with self-build capabilities have true choice
- Database is essential for cloud exit, Pigsty provides FOSS RDS alternative
Community Support: Discuss & Share
Active user community with free public Q&A support
Multiple channels for getting help and sharing experiences
- Ask questions in GitHub Issue, report bugs and defects
- Join WeChat, Telegram, and Discord groups
- Monthly Office Hour to collect feedback and answer questions
Expert Consultation: Pay as Needed
Professional consultation services available on demand
Flexible pricing for different levels of support needs
- Quick Consultation: “Coffee or a bit of luck”
- Professional Consultation: $400 / case, about one hour
- Support Person Day: $4K / day, complete working day
Subscription: Clear Pricing, Value for Money
Transparent subscription pricing with clear value propositions
Different tiers to meet various organizational needs
- Standard: Basic support and updates
- Professional: Enhanced features and priority support
- Enterprise: Full feature access with dedicated support