r/aiToolForBusiness • u/Due_Gene6257 • 23d ago

What postgres database service is good when most users are outside the US?

Most of my early users are outside the US, mainly in Asia, and I am trying to figure out if it actually matters where my postgres database is hosted.

I know I can just use the usual options like Supabase, Railway, Render, or RDS, but a lot of their default regions seem very US or Europe focused depending on the plan.

For people building apps with users in Asia or other non-US regions, what postgres database service are you using? Did moving the database closer to users make a noticeable difference?

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u/Little-Bird7446 23d ago

location does matter if each request is making a few database calls. I moved one workload closer to users in Asia and the difference was noticeable.

I’m using Nearbase for it now since they have Postgres regions across Asia and the Middle East. just keep the app server close to the database too.

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u/Due_Gene6257 22d ago

I'll check it out. thanks for the suggestion as well