[mrkurt]

You should definitely use a managed Postgres.

So should many of the people in our forum. This is part of why we wrote this! That said, the vast majority of PG users on Fly have no issues. Most issues are the result of people trying to spend as little money as possible on their underlying infrastructure. When you have a 1GB disk, you'll run it out of space pretty quickly. You may not pay us for it, though, which is what they value most.

We tell people to use CrunchyBridge _all_ the time. It's better than our Postgres for many people.

[aidenn0]

Right; managed Postgres makes sense for businesses. For my hobby projects, the fact that I can't even get pricing without first creating an account is a signal to look somewhere else.

[craigkerstiens]

Pricing is available at https://www.crunchydata.com/pricing/calculator. To add-on to that, we really liked the Fly pricing model where if you consumed less than X we wouldn't charge you. Recently we introduced a $10 a month plan and if you suspend the database while developing and your bill is under $5 you won't get charged.

[aidenn0]

Thanks I did find it after I commented; I had to follow two buttons from the front-page that were the same color as the background though ("Learn More" -> "Check out pricing" [which was a contrasting color] -> "View Pricing Breakdown")

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Also other managed DB hosts have similar anti-funnels for pricing, so I'm not trying to pick on Crunchy Data.

[craigkerstiens]

Thanks for the feedback, we can do better. Will see if we can get fixed this week.

[garganzol]

Another thing you can improve is to communicate clearly how many databases a selected tier can contain. Another frequent question of mine: can a cluster size be changed later?

[samtp]

? If you look under the "Cloud" menu on the main nav, it's the 3rd & 4th items down.

[aidenn0]

1. I didn't check the "Cloud" menu the first time.

2. The 3rd item on there goes to the "pricing" page that doesn't actually tell you the pricing (it says "Starting from $10/mo" but you need to scroll down and click through to get to the actual pricing table) :/

3. The 4th item "pricing calculator" is great; I just didn't find it.

[voltagex_]

I don't even see pricing for this when logged in, FWIW.

[jwmoz]

Second this. Instant leave the site.

[Winsaucerer]

I don't know about all managed postgres offerings, but quite a few of them have a setting I consider to be insane: if you delete the instance, it deletes all your automated backups as well (and possibly your ad-hoc snapshots too). This was true for a few managed offerings when I last checked.