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Managed PostgreSQL on AWS, Azure and GCP · by Crunchy Data (Snowflake)

Crunchy Bridge

Managed PostgreSQL from Crunchy Data, now owned by Snowflake, on AWS, Azure or GCP, with flat per-plan prices, included backups and egress, and Postgres-specialist support.

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Overview

Crunchy Bridge is Crunchy Data's managed PostgreSQL service. Each cluster is a single-tenant instance on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud in one of about 40 regions, managed through a dashboard, CLI or API. It stays close to upstream Postgres, supports versions 14 to 18 with in-place major upgrades, and ships extensions such as PostGIS, PL/Python and PL/R.

Pricing is a flat monthly figure per plan, prorated to the second, plus $0.10 per GB of storage. Backups, connection pooling and data transfer are included, which removes several line items that hyperscalers charge for. Hobby plans start at $9/mo but are explicitly not for production; the production Standard tier starts at $70/mo, and high availability doubles the cluster price. Memory-optimized plans on AWS go up to 1.5 TB of RAM.

Snowflake bought Crunchy Data in June 2025. Crunchy Bridge's product, pricing and documentation pages are still live and it remains on sale, while Snowflake also offers Snowflake Postgres inside its data cloud. Teams choosing Bridge today get SOC 2 Type 2 reporting, HIPAA support, built-in SSO at no extra charge and Postgres-specialist support.

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Pricing and plans

Plan Price What you get
Hobby-0 $9/mo 2 cores (5% baseline), 512 MB RAM; AWS only; no PgBouncer, no HA, no SLA, best-effort support
Hobby-2 $35/mo 2 cores (20% baseline), 2 GB RAM; max 100 GB storage
Standard-4 $70/mo 1 core, 4 GB RAM; production tier with PgBouncer and support; AWS only
Standard-8 $140/mo 2 cores, 8 GB RAM; HA doubles the price
Standard-16 $280/mo 4 cores, 16 GB RAM; Standard tier goes up to 96 cores / 384 GB at $6,720/mo
Memory-16 $240/mo 2 cores, 16 GB RAM; memory-optimized tier on AWS, up to 1.5 TB RAM

Prices are Crunchy Bridge's published full-month prices for AWS US East, prorated to the second; other clouds and regions can differ (use their calculator). Storage adds $0.10 per GB per month. High availability is available on non-Hobby plans and doubles the cluster price. Backups, backup storage, connection pooling and network ingress/egress are included. Hobby plans are not for production: burstable CPU, best-effort monitoring and support, no HA, no SLA, 100 GB storage maximum. There is no free tier. Crunchy Data was acquired by Snowflake (announced 2 June 2025); Crunchy's pricing and docs pages remain live and no end of sale was found. Snowflake also sells a separate Snowflake Postgres product built on Crunchy technology, not covered here. Point-in-time recovery retention was not stated on the pages read.

Source: docs.crunchybridge.com/concepts/plans-pricing · prices as published, excluding tax.

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What it does

Choice of cloud
Clusters run on AWS, Azure or GCP, and can be forked or recovered to a different cloud.
Included extras
Backups, backup storage, PgBouncer connection pooling and network egress are part of the plan price.
High availability
Cross-zone automated failover on production plans, at double the cluster price.
Postgres Insights
Built-in metrics plus cache hit, index and slow-query analysis.
Private networking
VPC and VNet peering, Private Link and Tailscale support, with firewall controls.
Expert support
Support from Postgres specialists on production plans, plus one-to-one migration help.
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Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Simple published prices with egress and backups included
  • Runs on all three major clouds in around 40 regions, including many in Europe
  • Single-tenant clusters close to upstream PostgreSQL
  • SOC 2 Type 2 report and HIPAA support; SSO included at no extra charge
  • Low-cost Hobby plans for development

Limitations

  • No free tier
  • Hobby plans are not for production: no HA, no SLA, burstable CPU, best-effort support, 100 GB maximum storage
  • High availability doubles the cluster price
  • Some small and memory-optimized plans are available on AWS only
  • Owned by Snowflake since 2025, which also sells a separate Snowflake Postgres product
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Who it suits

Good for

  • Teams moving off Heroku Postgres or hyperscaler databases that want simpler billing
  • Production PostgreSQL that needs a specific cloud and region
  • Teams that value hands-on Postgres support

Look elsewhere if

  • Projects that need a free database
  • Workloads that should scale to zero or need non-Postgres engines
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Alternatives to Crunchy Bridge

Tool From Free option Stages
MongoDB Atlas Managed document database
$8/mo Free tier
Render Managed PaaS
$7/mo Free tier
Aiven Managed open-source data platform (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Valkey, OpenSearch, ClickHouse)
$5/mo Free tier
Redis Cloud Managed Redis
$5/mo Free tier
Convex Reactive backend and document database
$25/mo Free tier
Supabase Managed Postgres backend platform
$25/mo Free tier

All managed databases →

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Questions

Is Crunchy Bridge still available after the Snowflake acquisition?

Yes. Crunchy Data's Bridge product, pricing and documentation pages are live, and no end of sale had been announced on the pages read.

How much does Crunchy Bridge cost?

From $9/mo for Hobby-0 on AWS, $70/mo for the smallest production Standard plan, plus $0.10 per GB of storage; HA doubles the cluster price.

Does Crunchy Bridge charge for egress or backups?

No. Crunchy says network ingress and egress, backup storage and connection pooling are included in the price.

Does Crunchy Bridge have a free tier?

No. Every cluster is paid, though billing is prorated to the second.

Which clouds does Crunchy Bridge support?

AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, in about 40 regions across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South America.

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