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Aiven for PostgreSQL

4.7 (71)

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 2 - Reviews of Aiven for PostgreSQL

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MC

Mario C.  
Sys Admin  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Aiven is very efficent for me, because is very easy use to"

October 25, 2017

5.0

the serves restores in atumatic in downtime the backup automatic facility to see the performance

Pros

graph of metrics query statics easy admin of users the autimatic backups and restores the upgrades of service plans is a very easy and autimatic the agents of service desk are very efficent and friendly

Cons

can't watch logs of befores days aiven dont have a panel to execute querys, i could execute querys without any administrator of postgresql from your platform cant admin sessions, i could close to sessions without pgadmin

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Response from Aiven

February 20, 2019

Hello Mario, Thank you for your review. We¿re glad to hear you have enjoyed the ease of use of our managed PostgreSQL. First, I wanted to let you know that it is now possible to close connections directly from console. Second, our logs view has been improved; for longer logs retention, we support integration to Elasticsearch, where you can keep logs for unlimited (limited by amount of disk space) time. Thanks again!

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Software Developer  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Overall good, customer support is good, however pricing is not great compared to AWS, logs not good."

October 13, 2017

4.0

Pros

Ease of use, being able to upgrade, downgrade hardware as needed, great customer support, overall decent interface.

Cons

Hardware versus price is not great, especially compared to AWS, not great logging, seems difficult to customize, no auto scaling.

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NK

Nathan K.  
Intermediate Software Developer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Painless PostreSql"

January 7, 2020

5.0

Overall all of my interactions with the Aiven team have been positive, even if we didn't arrive at a solution the support team is knowledgeable and truly tries to help. As for the system itself it has been pretty rock solid so far. Keep up the good work.

Pros

The confidence I have that the DB will be running, that if there is an update or upgrade I can (from the DB side) simply click a button to deploy it.

Cons

We are currently transitioning most of our app to k8s and the systems just don't seem to work super well with Digital Ocean's current solution. (We don't get VPC's and as such have issue with whitelisting correct IP's as they tend to change)

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

I was not part of this process

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BH

Bradley H.  
Sr Full stack Developer  
Sports  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Bradley uses Aiven"

February 24, 2021

4.0

It's okay, it doesn't fail which is great, but lacking in tools.

Pros

Console is easy to navigate. I didn't need a single tutorial to figure out what was where.

Cons

Monitoring, Performance measuring, and optimization tools are pretty non-existent

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

I didn't choose, inherited from a prior decision.

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JK

Johannes K.  
CTO  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Excellent, well-designed product. Hard to imagine an easier solution to this problem."

October 16, 2017

4.0

Pros

The best feature is how easy it is to get up and running. Once you've set up an instance, you literally (in our case) just had to copy-and-paste the database URL into our site's (Django-based) configuration. The fact that scaling the instances is so easy also makes it quite comfortable to just start with a small one and then upgrade it as your needs increase.

Cons

We had one or two cases where the instance was unreachable, even though the dashboard reported that it was up. Considering the price, this is pretty good for over a year of service with no redundancy, though. Also, automatically upgrading the PostgreSQL version is obviously a double-edged sword. An opt-out feature might be helpful. We once started getting some errors when the postgres-server version changed.

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EH

Ev H.  
Head of Technology  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "My review"

August 20, 2020

5.0

Pros

It works. It seems stable. We hope someones is handling all the version updates and patches for us, but we don't get a lot of visibility into that.

Cons

It's expensive and I'm not sure how much value Aiven is providing us. We consider just running Postgres on our own cloud almost every day.

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DG

Daniel G.  
SRE  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Remote replicas to the rescue!"

July 22, 2019

5.0

We tested and we loved it, the remote replica is a service that takes weight out of our shoulders in a brilliant and simple way.

Pros

The interface is easy to use and intuitive. The remote replica option is saving the company time. In the past, it was hard to manage and configure the remote replicas using tools like Bucardo and PostgreSQL in RDS, which does not support binary replication (at least it didn't back then). The replicas between the remote databases happen almost instantly. Great support for extensions.

Cons

The chat support takes a long time to answer the questions but when they do, the answers are to the point and helpful.

Alternatives considered

[Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/)

Switched from

[Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/)

Remote replicas.

Review Source

PN

Paul N.  
CIO  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Best managed DB so far"

October 24, 2019

5.0

After we started using Aiven, DB's have been one thing that we don't have to worry about.

Pros

It was just super simple to start using it. The possibility to deploy the service to the same locations where we host our capacity was crucial for us. Also as a nice plus, aiven has made their own Terraform provider which we also use to manage our capacity.

Cons

Option to create "Service Accounts" would be really nice. Currently all the API tokens are tied to actual user accounts and that might cause problems at some point. But other than that there's not much not to like :)

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

Pricing and the fact that we can have same solution across all cloud service providers we use.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Backend engineer  
  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Good for quick start, but more features required"

January 2, 2018

5.0

Pros

Ease of use, quick setup. We easily migrated to cloud and don't have to manage PostgreSQL any more.

Cons

Not enough features and settings for PostgreSQL: for example: slow queries logs are missing and we have to monitor by third party tools.

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JR

Justin R.  
Senior Software Architect  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Works for us"

August 6, 2020

5.0

We use this product to back our application for all environments. It is a huge improvement over our previous provider who was less expensive, but not nearly as stable or user friendly.

Pros

The ease of deployment and the dashboard are super important to us and these guys seem to have put a lot of thought into building a toolset that works for devs.

Cons

I don't have anything useful to add here.

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

Price and ease of use.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Product Manager Data  
Logistics and Supply Chain  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great product, really happy about it"

December 18, 2019

5.0

Pros

\- the support provided during the sales cycle - the exploration of possible options - the platform is clear and user friendly - great product, it took us a few hours to migrate from our database on premise to that on Aiven.

Cons

\- the fact that we can only have Timescale Open Source features run on Aiven, and not the advanced features.

Alternatives considered

[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/)

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

Database as a service, H.A.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
CTO  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great affordable product"

February 20, 2019

5.0

Overall, it's been a smooth experience transitioning and migrating over from our previous hosting platform. The support has been absolutely great thus far.

Pros

It's clean, simple-to-use, and best of all, is serviced by very knowledgeable IT staff who can answer the finer details of our technical questions and make nuanced recommendations. The pricing plan is also friendlier than those offered by the bigger platforms.

Cons

It would be great if we can be on the trial plan too, and getting on it was a bit of a hassle, but otherwise not much complaints.

Review Source

S-

Sugandi -.  
Devops Engineer  
Entertainment  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Overall is more far better than Google cloudsql"

March 14, 2019

5.0

Good so far, you guys provide mysql as well?

Pros

Availability and live migration feature is awesome

Cons

Last time (couple weeks) it still cannot zoom to specific range of time in metric dashboard or i am wrong remember

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AZ

Alexander Z.  
Senior Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Easy to use and fully configurable"

August 24, 2021

5.0

Pros

Ease of use, setup and configuration is done in no time at all.

Cons

Dark mode for the admin interface... "Jokes" aside, havent yet found something I am missing.

Review Source

BG

Bruno G.  
Team Lead  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Aiven PostgreSQL review"

July 22, 2019

5.0

Pros

Performance is much higher than Amazon RDS

Cons

Failover can take quite a long time.

Alternatives considered

[Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/)

Switched from

[Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/)

IOPS

Review Source

ED

Efrain D.  
System Administrator  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Using Aiven has been a great experience because it has permitted us to deploy faster database server"

October 13, 2017

5.0

Deploying database servers it is now really fast for us.

Pros

I like that is possible to deploy PostgreSQL within seconds. I also really like that is possible to upgrade to a minor or major version of PostgreSQL without a noticeable downtime. I like the offering of HA services. I like the great customer support.

Cons

That it is not possible to have customizable PostgreSQL logs. On our dedicated servers we customize this logs to show us querys that last longer than 5 seconds, currently this is not possible with Aiven.

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AL

Alexandre L.  
DevOps Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great product"

June 8, 2021

5.0

We are moving all our Postgres workload to aiven. We save lot of time managing and maintaining lots of PG instances.

Pros

It's efficient: no downtime during migration scale up/down And easy to use!

Cons

Maybe an "in customer cloud" deployment for small business could be appreciable

Alternatives considered

[Amazon RDS](https://www.capterra.com/p/192201/Amazon-RDS/)

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

For reliability, and pricing

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Chief Architect  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Ideal setup for Postgres + TimescaleDB"

October 10, 2018

5.0

Pros

\- Good Terraform support - TimescaleDB support (plus other addons) - Very responsive sales and engineering department - Supports all major cloud providers including Azure

Cons

\- Pricing is more expensive than Azures own Postgres (but that doesn't TimescaleDB)

Review Source

MD

Mags D.  
Lead developer  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "new to cloud db services"

August 7, 2018

4.0

Very happy with service and support

Pros

\- Australian data centre (no one has these!) - Postgres support - Easy to create an account and a database - Customer support is very good - Documentation and guides are very good - Intergration with Datadog was easy

Cons

1\. The default db is named 'defaultdb' so i created new dbs for staging/prod so i dont use the default db, i find this a bit confusing 2. On overview page only default db is shown, I would prefer to see all my db's and possibly set favourites 3. When I hit the server the Current Queries tab shows IP address but duration and db fields are blank? 4. Pricing seems a little steep for mid level single app users 5. Would like to see explanations in console graphs to better understand what they mean

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OF

Oriol F.  
Lead SRE  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Potential best DBaaS"

March 8, 2021

5.0

Pros

simple to use, performant and reliable.

Cons

Had to create a temporary grafana installation to grab the prometheus dashboard and took some considerable time to adapt it to our own self-hosted installation.

Review Source

KM

Karl-Jørgen M.  
Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "It works nicely"

February 22, 2018

5.0

Pros

Easy and fast to start a new service. Easy service overview. Nice pricerange from hobby to business

Cons

We had a service issue some time ago where we had no database for 4 hours. We needed to upgrade to business to have better fallback

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TK

Tony K.  
Senior Engineer  
Commercial Real Estate  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Aiven provides reliable and secure services, and support has been super knowledgable."

May 10, 2019

5.0

We use Aiven Postgres to deploy new services rapidly. I like how Aiven handles changes to the deployed environment. The support team at Aiven answers questions clearly and are knowledgable.

Pros

Aiven provides premium security for all accounts, not as an add-on feature.

Cons

The terraform plugin is not up to full feature parity, but covers most of our use cases.

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QW

Quinn W.  
Senior DevOps Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "aiven is a great service, very few downsides"

July 15, 2019

4.0

Overall aiven PostgreSQL has been a smooth experience, with smooth upgrades/migrations. We are using it to replace a legacy MongoDB stack.

Pros

The self-service nature of everything, including vpc peering. The existence of a hashicorp terraform provider works perfectly for us :)

Cons

Chat support isn't great, I'd rather be able to asynchronously create a ticket in response to issues rather than wait for staff to be available via chat. Some postgres options aren't configurable (ie. deadlock\_timeout).

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MD

Matt D.  
Head of Data  
Insurance  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "New users but great product so far"

June 13, 2019

5.0

database migration went off without any major issues

Pros

Ease of setup and peering, account manager was helpful and responsive throughout the evaluation process, ease of upgrading instance, SLA of 100% is very appealing, just takes some of the worries away that we have :)

Cons

createing a read-replica and not being able to select the specific custom vpc from aws.

Reason for choosing Aiven for PostgreSQL

encryption by default, easier admin panel.

Review Source

EM

Edmund M.  
Software Engineer  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Aiven Postgres"

November 11, 2019

4.0

Pros

I think the Aiven console is very useful and allows for a lot of database tasks to be completed via the UI, which is quite handy. Additionally, the dashboards built into the dashboard are pretty useful for monitoring the overall state of the Postgres instance.

Cons

I feel that there is some missing documentation with the documentation on the Postgres service not being quite as complete and clear as it could be.

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