# Render Postgres — Deploy fully managed, enterprise-grade databases that scale to any workload.

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*Create & Connect*

Spinning up a new database on Render? Start here.

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*Recovery & Backups*

Restore your database to a previous state in the event of data loss.

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*Read Replicas*

Offload expensive read operations to separate instances.

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*High Availability*

Automatically swap to a standby database when your primary encounters an issue.

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*Admin Apps*

Connect apps to manage your schemas, view query plans, and monitor connections.

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*Extensions*

Store AI embeddings with pgvector, geospatial data with PostGIS, and much more.

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### Plan details

*Flexible plans*

Set your database's storage and compute independently.

*Legacy instance types*

View specs for legacy Starter, Standard, Pro, and Pro Plus instances.

### Advanced topics

*Connection pooling*

Control the volume of connections to your database.

*Upgrading your version*

Move to a more recent version of PostgreSQL.

*Troubleshooting performance*

Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks.

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