PostgreSQL Benchmark: AWS RDS vs. Self-Hosted on Hetzner (2026)

<p>A good way to market a new infrastructure tool is to loudly announce that it is a thousand times faster than whatever you are currently using. This is a very effective strategy

<p>In the example below, Hetzner costs 29–36% of the AWS on-demand bill for a steady workload. You pay the difference back in work, because Hetzner has no managed database, and

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