Crunchy Bridge

Paid#21 of 37 in Relational DatabasesPostgreSQL Hosting

Fully managed cloud PostgreSQL

7.8/10★★★★☆Editor score

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At a glance

• Editor score
  7.8 / 10
• Pricing
  From $9/mo
• Best for
  Managed PostgreSQL with predictable entry pricing
• Free plan
  No
• Paid from
  $9/mo
• Deployment model
  Cloud
• Founded
  2012
• Facts checked
  22 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Starts at $9/month with monthly billing
  • Includes backups, point-in-time recovery, and automated failover
  • Supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, replicas, and PostgreSQL extensions

• Where it doesn't

  • No free plan for evaluating the service
  • Hobby tiers have limited cores and memory
  • Usage-based compute and storage pricing requires cost planning

Our verdict on Crunchy Bridge

Crunchy Bridge is a fully managed PostgreSQL database service for developers, startups, and enterprises. It provisions isolated PostgreSQL instances on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, with management available through a web dashboard and API. The service suits teams that want PostgreSQL operations handled in the cloud while retaining access to PostgreSQL extensions, read replicas, monitoring, and scaling features.

Pricing starts with the Hobby-0 plan at $9 per month for 2 cores and 0.5 GB memory. Hobby-1 costs $18 per month and provides 2 cores with 1 GB memory, while Hobby-2 costs $35 per month and provides 1 core with 2 GB memory. Published pricing uses monthly billing and usage-based pricing for compute and storage, with infrastructure, backups, and data transfer included. There is no free plan, so teams comparing services at zero cost will need a paid starting point.

Operational coverage is the main reason to consider Crunchy Bridge. Automated daily backups include 10-day retention, and point-in-time recovery supports recovery to a selected point. High-availability configurations include automated failover, while read replicas and scaling address workloads that need additional capacity. Built-in pgBouncer connection pooling, database monitoring, metrics, and query insights add supporting tools for production operations. PostgreSQL extensions include PostGIS, pgvector, and JSONB-related extensions. Choose Crunchy Bridge if managed PostgreSQL, multiple cloud options, and recovery features matter more than a free tier. Consider an alternative if you need a free entry plan or a narrowly fixed monthly cost for usage-based resources.

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Alternatives to Crunchy Bridge

• PostgreSQLA free, extensible relational database for production workloads and technical teams.—
• MySQLA versatile open-source SQL database with replication, JSON, connectors, and failover.8.0
• Oracle DatabaseA mature enterprise database with unusually broad data-model and availability capabilities.—

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