Company is active
Event Year: 2025
Company is active
Event Year: 2025
PgDog offers a robust solution for scaling PostgreSQL databases. This application intelligently shards PostgreSQL, parsing SQL to automatically distribute queries across multiple databases. Designed for seamless integration with managed database services like AWS RDS, PgDog eliminates the need for application code or schema modifications.
Beyond sharding, PgDog functions as a comprehensive load balancer and connection pooler, presenting a viable alternative to PgBouncer, RDS Proxy, and other Postgres scaling solutions. It brings the simplicity and efficiency of HTTP load balancing to database management.
Born from the challenges of scaling Postgres at Instacart during their period of rapid expansion in 2020, PgDog definitively answers the question of Postgres scalability. With PgDog, Postgres scales effectively and efficiently.
PgDog offers a robust solution for scaling PostgreSQL databases. This application intelligently shards PostgreSQL, parsing SQL to automatically distribute queries across multiple databases. Designed for seamless integration with managed database services like AWS RDS, PgDog eliminates the need for application code or schema modifications.
Beyond sharding, PgDog functions as a comprehensive load balancer and connection pooler, presenting a viable alternative to PgBouncer, RDS Proxy, and other Postgres scaling solutions. It brings the simplicity and efficiency of HTTP load balancing to database management.
Born from the challenges of scaling Postgres at Instacart during their period of rapid expansion in 2020, PgDog definitively answers the question of Postgres scalability. With PgDog, Postgres scales effectively and efficiently.
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Spring 2025
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Spring 2025
B2B
B2B
B2B -> Infrastructure
B2B -> Infrastructure
Team size: 1
Hiring: Yes
Team size: 1
Hiring: Yes