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Does anyone run Postgres without PgBouncer?

The article surveys major managed Postgres providers to assess how widely PgBouncer or equivalent connection pooling is supported. It finds that PgBouncer has become an industry standard, with nearly all prominent providers offering it either natively or through a compatible implementation.

Background

PostgreSQL lacks built-in efficient connection pooling for high-concurrency workloads, making external poolers like PgBouncer a long-standing best practice for production deployments.

Source
Lobsters
Published
Aug 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Score
6.0 / 10