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by 7moritz7 208 days ago
5 bucks gets you 8gb ram 4 vcpu 75gb nvme at contabo actually

i know this is apples and oranges but that's 16 times the ram

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you get all of those resources execpt what you need: a managed postgresql.

the difference in price is really the value added by having someone else managing postgresql for you.

what is there to manage on a single instance, single VM...
pitr, setting up a replica, observability, performance reports etc