Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL vs IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL

Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL8.8Visit IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL8.7Visit

Higher score Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL #7 in PostgreSQL Hosting 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

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IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL #8 in PostgreSQL Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit IBM Cloud

• Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL fits best

  Alibaba Cloud deployments needing regional recovery

• IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL fits best

  IBM Cloud teams needing governed PostgreSQL

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Side by side

Feature	Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 8.8/10 Visit ↗	IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#7 in PostgreSQL Hosting	#8 in PostgreSQL Hosting
Best for	Alibaba Cloud deployments needing regional recovery	IBM Cloud teams needing governed PostgreSQL
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not checked yet	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Docs	Community, Docs, Tickets · 24/7
Integrations	5 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 4/4 · IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL 4/4
High availability	✓	✓
Point-in-time recovery	✓	✓
Read replicas	✓	✓
Custom extensions	✓	✓
Specs
Maximum storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Backup retention	7 days	30 days (best)
Our review
Pros	Automatic failover with high-availability primary/secondary architecture Point-in-time recovery, backups, and cross-region disaster recovery Read scaling, extensions, autoscaling, and multiple management interfaces	Automatic cross-zone failover with highly available clusters Seven-day point-in-time recovery and 30-day backup retention BYOK encryption plus API, CLI, Terraform, and extension support
Cons	Basic Edition instances do not support point-in-time recovery Pricing varies by configuration and region Runs on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure	Consumption-based billing can make monthly spend variable Standard starts with two data members by default Its strongest ecosystem fit is centered on IBM Cloud tooling
Our verdict	Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL is a fully managed relational database service for teams running PostgreSQL on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure. It supports standard SQL, JSON, IP, and geometric data types, along with transactions,… Read the review →	IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL is a fully managed PostgreSQL service for teams running web, mobile, analytics, and enterprise applications on IBM Cloud. IBM handles infrastructure, patching, scaling, monitoring, logging, backups, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL — where it wins

  • Automatic failover with high-availability primary/secondary architecture
  • Point-in-time recovery, backups, and cross-region disaster recovery
  • Read scaling, extensions, autoscaling, and multiple management interfaces

  Where it doesn't

  • Basic Edition instances do not support point-in-time recovery
  • Pricing varies by configuration and region
  • Runs on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure

• IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL — where it wins

  • Automatic cross-zone failover with highly available clusters
  • Seven-day point-in-time recovery and 30-day backup retention
  • BYOK encryption plus API, CLI, Terraform, and extension support

  Where it doesn't

  • Consumption-based billing can make monthly spend variable
  • Standard starts with two data members by default
  • Its strongest ecosystem fit is centered on IBM Cloud tooling

• Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL8.8/10 · Paid

  A managed PostgreSQL service with HA, recovery, replicas, and Alibaba Cloud integrations.

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• IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL8.7/10 · Paid

  A governed, highly available PostgreSQL service for teams already building on IBM Cloud.

  Visit IBM CloudFull verdict →