Tiger Cloud
Tiger Cloud is the fastest Postgres cloud, powered by Tiger Postgres. It enhances Postgres to handle time series, events, real-time analytics, and vector search—all in a single database alongside transactional workloads.Key benefits
- Fully managed: Automatic updates, backups, and maintenance
- High performance: Optimized for time-series and analytics workloads
- Scalable: Tiered storage with usage-based pricing
- Enterprise-ready: High availability, PITR, and read replicas
- AI-enabled: Built-in vector search and AI capabilities
- Developer-friendly: SQL editor in the console, live migration tools
Best for
- Teams that want to focus on building applications, not managing infrastructure
- Production workloads requiring high availability and automated backups
- Projects needing to scale quickly without infrastructure overhead
- Organizations requiring enterprise-grade security and compliance
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Self-hosted TimescaleDB
TimescaleDB is an open-source Postgres extension designed for running real-time analytics on time-series data. It is engineered up from Postgres and maintains full SQL support.Key benefits
- Open source: Full control over your deployment
- Self-managed: Deploy on your own infrastructure
- Flexible: Run on any cloud provider or on-premises
- Cost-effective: No cloud service fees
- Postgres-native: Extends PostgreSQL with time-series capabilities
Best for
- Teams with existing PostgreSQL expertise and infrastructure
- Organizations with specific compliance or data residency requirements
- Projects requiring full control over database configuration and tuning
- Development and testing environments
- Cost-sensitive deployments with predictable workloads
Get started with TimescaleDB
Install and configure TimescaleDB on your infrastructure
Feature comparison
| Feature | Tiger Cloud | Self-hosted TimescaleDB |
|---|---|---|
| Time-series hypertables | ✔ | ✔ |
| Continuous aggregates | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hypercore columnstore | ✔ | ✔ |
| Compression | ✔ | ✔ |
| Data retention policies | ✔ | ✔ |
| Vector search (pgvector) | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI capabilities (pgai) | ✔ | Requires manual setup |
| Automatic backups | ✔ | Manual setup required |
| Point-in-time recovery | ✔ | Manual setup required |
| High availability | ✔ | Manual setup required |
| Read replicas | ✔ | Manual setup required |
| Tiered storage | ✔ | - |
| Live migration tools | ✔ | - |
| Console SQL editor | ✔ | - |
| Managed updates | ✔ | Manual |
| 24/7 support | ✔ (paid plans) | Community |
Migration between deployment types
You can migrate your data between deployment types at any time using our live migration tools.Migrate to Tiger Cloud
Move your self-hosted database to Tiger Cloud with minimal downtime
Export from Tiger Cloud
Export your data from Tiger Cloud for self-hosted deployment
Get help choosing
Not sure which option is right for you? Consider these questions:- Do you have a dedicated database operations team? Self-hosted requires ongoing maintenance and expertise.
- What are your availability requirements? Tiger Cloud provides built-in HA and automated failover.
- How predictable is your workload growth? Tiger Cloud scales automatically with usage-based storage.
- Do you need compliance certifications? Check our security and compliance documentation.
- What’s your budget model? Compare managed service costs vs. infrastructure and personnel costs.
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Contact us to discuss your specific requirements