The Canyon Review· 1 min read
pgvector vs. the dedicated vector databases, priced
For most teams the vector database is a Postgres extension you already have. The price check, the crossover point, and who should actually pay for dedicated.
#vectors#databases#pricing
Databases
6 articles
· 2 min read
Self-hosted search, ranked by time to first result
Typesense, Meilisearch, OpenSearch and Postgres full-text ranked for product search under a million documents.
#search#databases#tooling
· 2 min read
Message queues, ranked for teams that just need a queue
SQS, RabbitMQ, NATS, Kafka and Redis Streams ranked for ordinary background work. Licensing drama included at no extra charge.
#queues#infrastructure#kafka
· 2 min read
Serverless databases, ranked by cold honesty
Neon, PlanetScale, Turso, DynamoDB and Cloudflare D1 ranked on what serverless pricing actually does to a normal app's bill.
#databases#serverless#pricing
· 2 min read
Managed Postgres, ranked by what you actually pay
Five managed Postgres providers ranked for a small production app. Real monthly prices, the branching gimmicks that matter, and the one to skip.
#postgres#databases#pricing
· 1 min read
Five Postgres extensions we would install again, ranked
The shortlist that survives contact with production. pg_stat_statements first, and it is not close.
#postgres#databases#extensions