Aiven for PostgreSQL Reviews (78)

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Aiven for PostgreSQL Reviews (78)

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Users consistently praise the ease of use and quick setup of Aiven for PostgreSQL, highlighting how it simplifies database management and allows for rapid prototyping. Many appreciate the platform's flexibility and robust support, which help them focus on development rather than maintenance. However, some users note that the pricing can be on the higher side compared to other options.

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Mario B.
Chief Enterprise Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent service and knowledge of the subject"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Can get a response quite fast within an hour Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Not sure yet what is recovery going to be like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
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Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great logs and metrics, very easy and intuitive interface."
4/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

While onboarding during my first week I was able to log into Aiven for the first time and immediately identify the queries that had performance issues and how to fix them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

It requires integrating a third-party provider to your Cloud Infrastructure which creates an extra overhead for handling permissions, security and environment compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
UI
Verified User in Internet
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Aiven PG"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

It was extremely easy to set up Aiven PG. Aiven does a great job obfuscating the complexities of each underlying cloud provider. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

I wish there were even easier "quickstart" items to test functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Online Media
UO
Verified User in Online Media
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Aiven keeps us always confident with our database system"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Aiven helps us to monitor PostgreSQL and perform optimizations. We no longer have to worry about unnecessary technical things so we can maximize our time to think about other things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Sometimes, when we contact customer support to ask questions or ask for support, the response is not as fast as we expected. Hopefully in the future this can be further improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Tuomas Lounamaa of Aiven for PostgreSQL

Thank you for your feedback. We offer free Support for all of our users with best effort basis.

If you need guaranteed response times please read more about our paid support tiers here: https://aiven.io/support-services

Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism
IL
Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Checking it out"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Getting access to a database without the hassle of setting up a server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

I've not clearly come to terms with what is the actual benefit of aiven compared to AWS for instance - apart from what I said above. Will have to argue about this with my collegues, because they are favouring AWS. In the meantime I hope to get answers by using the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Polygon is using Aiven as it's main provider for database services"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

No need to take care of setting up and maintenance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

So far, we are in our first steps with Aiven, so nothing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Atmoko H.
AH
Atmoko H.
S
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Faster and lite"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Faster for deployment on cloud, and easy to manage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

I like Aiven for PostgreSQL, so there is no dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services
AC
Verified User in Consumer Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"i like how aiven can migrate between cloud provider easily"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

i like how aiven can migrate between cloud provider easily

minimum downtime when migrating service plan

easy integration with broad 3rd services or existing services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

minium configuration option, i think aiven need to allow enduser to more flexible configuration

improve build on monitoring to support alerting, without need to use 3rd party. integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great product"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Aiven takes away all the pain from database management and lets you focus on core business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Sometimes I would like to make more fine-grained config changes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bhuwan G.
BG
Bhuwan G.
Teach Lead
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best PostgreSQL hosting in the market"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Easy to use interface, one click setup , backup, fast , secure and saclable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

1.Better filtering for logs

2.Support for single user per db Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.