[boyd]

Another option is to use Aptible: https://www.aptible.com/

It's basically (a better) Heroku with an emphasis on enabling HIPAA/HITECH compliance. They do both app and DB hosting (including Postgres). And it's on AWS so integrates easily with existing infrastructure/code.

Disclaimer: Biased as I know the founders and we use the product. But they are good people and it's a good product!

[fuhrysteve]

But aptible doesn't have managed postgres. I still have to do all the work of setting up a database and managing backups, upgrades, etc. The only thing aptible brings to the table is single tenant hardware and encryption by default. I can just get that from Amazon. Am I missing something about aptible? I don't understand the attraction although it does look fancy

[kriskelso]

Healthcare Blocks is another option: https://www.healthcareblocks.com

[ZitchDog]

Aptible absolutely has managed postgres, and it's great. I'm using it at this very second.

[fuhrysteve]

Where can I find out more? All I see on their marketing site is "database containers" which I interpreted as little more than a container that happens to run a database, not as something that manages backups, point-in-time restoration, multi-az failover, upgrades, and all the other things that RDS has built in that many folks would otherwise prefer to have an (expensive) postgres specialist setup and manage for you.

[chasb]

Dang, sorry about that: https://www.aptible.com/enclave/

That page needs some love, thank you for the solid comment. I think the features we list cover your comments, but let me know if you have specific questions or other features you'd like to see!

Source: am Aptible CEO