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PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types

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Developer tools Hacker News Launched Jul 07, 2026 by anivan_ View original post ↗

A benchmark of PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types.

Potential upside

  • Concrete price/performance data saves expensive trial-and-error on AWS
  • Covers a wide instance spread, not just the obvious picks

Worth watching

  • Benchmarks are workload-specific — your queries may rank instances differently

A first look, not a review — this product just launched and has no user history yet. We flag what looks promising and what to check before you rely on it.

Who it's for

Engineers sizing PostgreSQL on EC2 for cost efficiency.

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