Director, Alliances & Engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Top 10
2024-11-21T16:37:00Z
Nov 21, 2024
The pay-as-you-go pricing model has significantly lowered our database-related costs. We've reduced costs by 60 percent compared to maintaining on-premises solutions.
Admin (hands on user) at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
2024-11-21T15:02:00Z
Nov 21, 2024
I like PostgreSQL's pay-as-you-go pricing because I only pay for what I use. However, it depends on the use case. If the application is in high demand, I'd rather go for a fixed license. I'm using it sparsely, I prefer pay-as-you-go.
The pricing experience is positive. Azure Database for PostgreSQL reduces the need for hardware investments, and the pay-as-you-go pricing model positively affects database-related costs by allowing us to start small and scale as needed.
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Pricing is affordable for us. PostgreSQL is good and affordable for our needs.
The pay-as-you-go pricing model has significantly lowered our database-related costs. We've reduced costs by 60 percent compared to maintaining on-premises solutions.
I like PostgreSQL's pay-as-you-go pricing because I only pay for what I use. However, it depends on the use case. If the application is in high demand, I'd rather go for a fixed license. I'm using it sparsely, I prefer pay-as-you-go.
I'm not familiar with the licensing aspect, as I do not handle it. However, pricing, licensing, and setup costs are not major issues.
We do not pay for a full-year subscription because our usage is still at the beginning phase and not much. The pay-as-you-go model works well for us.
The pricing experience is positive. Azure Database for PostgreSQL reduces the need for hardware investments, and the pay-as-you-go pricing model positively affects database-related costs by allowing us to start small and scale as needed.