Heroku Postgres: Reliable Database as a Service
Heroku Postgres is a powerful, fully-managed database service built on PostgreSQL, designed for developers seeking scalability and reliability. With seamless integration across various programming languages and frameworks, Heroku Postgres enables rapid application development and deployment, ensuring high availability and performance for both development and production environments.
Features
Multi-ingress access from any cloud, PaaS, or local environments
Auto-generated configuration strings for popular languages like Ruby, Python, and PHP
Flexible scaling options: vertical scaling with diverse plans and horizontal scaling with read-only followers
High availability with up to 99.95% uptime in production tiers
Comprehensive data protection features including encryption at rest and automatic backups
Support for advanced functionalities like PostGIS for geospatial queries and Dataclips for easy data sharing