Postgres on your own VPS may suit you better if…
- You want complete control of every setting
- You have someone to run it
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Da8a vs Postgres on your own VPS
Running Postgres yourself on a VPS gives full control, and makes backups, upgrades, auth, APIs and security your job. Da8a keeps the dedicated server and handles the rest.
| Topic | Da8a | Postgres on your own VPS |
|---|---|---|
| Server | Dedicated to you | Yours |
| Backups and PITR | Nightly offsite plus PITR, done for you | Configure WAL archiving and test restores yourself |
| Auth, storage, API, Realtime | Built in | Build or install them yourself |
| Upgrades and security patches | Handled | You |
| Dashboard | Table and SQL editors, logs, approve-first assistant | psql or a tool you install |
This page describes general differences as of 2026, not every feature. Products change over time; check each provider’s own documentation for current details.
Da8a may suit you better if…
- You want the control of a dedicated server without being its DBA
- You want auth, storage and APIs ready
- You want backups you don’t have to remember
Switching to Da8a
pg_dumpand restore into Da8a.- Switch connection strings or adopt supabase-js.
More detail in the migration docs and the quickstart.
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