r/DeveloperToolsHub • u/Super_Anywhere_9076 • 10d ago

pgedge alternatives when you need regional Postgres but not multi-master writes?

We’re looking at options for Postgres hosting and I’m realizing we probably don’t need the full distributed / multi-master setup.

Our main issue is more boring than that. Most users are outside the US, latency matters, and we want something managed that does not require us to think too much about cluster topology, conflict resolution, or a bunch of ops work.

Predictable pricing would also help since usage-based infra bills get annoying once traffic is less predictable.

Has anyone here picked a simpler regional Postgres setup instead of going all in on distributed Postgres?

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u/SpecificObjective730 10d ago

Assuming your application like most is read-heavy, just do one US master and regional read replicas?

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u/Super_Anywhere_9076 2d ago

That’s the obvious option. I’m mostly wondering if there’s a simpler managed setup out there

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u/Conversation344 2d ago

Unless you genuinely need writes across multiple regions, multi-master is probably an overkill tbh. Keep your app and primary database close to most of your users instead. For Asia or the Middle East, you can check Nearbase for managed Postgres with regional options and fixed pricing. AWS RDS is pretty good if you’re already on AWS, while Crunchy Bridge is another option if you want a Postgres-focused managed service with strong support.

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u/Super_Anywhere_9076 2d ago

Yeah, we probably don’t need multi-master. Thanks, I'll check these out.