Aiven for PostgreSQL Pros and Cons

What do you like best about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

The standout feature for me is their automated high availability setup with standby nodes - it's genuinely hands-off and reliable. Their automated backup system and point-in-time recovery are key for our disaster recovery plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for PostgreSQL?

Their pricing is notably higher and the premium for their management layer is significant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

What distinguishes aiven from other database providers is it's super quick to get a cluster up and running, followed by a generous 300$ coupon so you can tinker around and utilise the platform wholeheartedly. It also gives an option to run upto 25 clusters, so even in a free plan you could power your 25 side projects for free, which the other providers restrict to just one. I sincerely love their service and would continue to be a user for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

I think perhaps they could optimize their cluster closing time. Tho fast, I wish it'd be quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

After so much research I found Aiven and the best services always in the Free Tier to continue learning IT skills with easy use and implementation and integration, Large storage capacity for those who will have a high frequency of use, in addition to having easy access to user support . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

I think at least SQL selects on Database Free Services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

It was very user-friendly for students and equipped with many useful tools. I also appreciated the feature that reminded me to turn off the service when not in use, promoting resourcefulness and mindfulness in managing projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

I haven't actually had any problem using Aiven. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

It has been insanely easy to get our postgres instances migrated over from GCP to Aiven, with amazing support the whole way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

Primarily, that it is another platform that we have to manage, and it can get pricey, quickly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

Aiven is a fantastic platform for getting up and running as quickly as possible. The cost is very competitive and flexible. The number of database options covers nearly all of our development and POC use cases. It is very easy to provision and to tear down and integrating with our existing development tooling is very simple, and we do not have to worry about usage, egress overages while prototyping and rapidly proving out MVP value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

Some parts are not as customizable and easy to use as I would like, such as managing static IP addresses, customizing environment variables or config settings, and some features that are available in the tool do not seem to be available in Aiven, for example, with Clickhouse, not all of the secondary storage and remote table engines were compatible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

The best part about Aiven for me is how easy it is to use. In my experience as a DevOps engineer, I've worked with many managed database platforms. Aiven has by far been the quickest to setup. It really is a one click setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

The only thing that sometimes is a concern when using Aiven is that it can be a bit pricey. However, it scales well so it is still good value for money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

Before signing upto Aiven, i had a video chat with 2 of the Aiven team who went through how to setup an account through to creating a new postgresql database and where to find the settings, logging etc. Since the video chat, i have now signed up Aiven and created a new database very quickly and was up and running firing a migration to a test database within a few minutes.

When platforms generally say something is easy, take a few minutes i am scepticle, but Aiven was true to their word, it was very easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

Have not found anything not to like with Aiven as yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

I used Aiven for my project demos and hands of its the best experience I could get. The set up process is as simple as it could get and hands on experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

As of now i haven't faced even a single issue in the services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

The simplest setup to try and run managed services, with very competitive prices.

I have been using services from Aiven for 5 years already. There were very few times where we had issues. They were annoying and caused problems, but they were very limited too. The positive side is that staff was always helpful in these and any other situations. While there was (is) not a good and formal ticketing and escalation procedure, support engineers do take the time to debug issues with showing a good understanding of the underlying platform and are willing to help troubleshoot issues (sometimes caused from our side).

Other than those small issues, I highly recommend Aiven! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

Some services (e.g. influxdb) appear to have received less attention to others in terms of integrations. For example, some advertised plugins for metrics and observability apply to most services... except InfluxDB (and maybe some others).

Also, support did not have a format ticketing system that one could use externally -- only email. This appears to be changing this month, so it may be a comment for the past 5 years only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.