Open-source PostgreSQL. Fully managed in your cloud
Tessell brings enterprise automation to PostgreSQL across high availability, backups, patching, and recovery while you keep full superuser access, every extension and version, and your data stays inside your own cloud account.
The hardest parts of running Postgres, solved
Global Media & Information Company
Self-managed Postgres they couldn't right-size. But now:
Global Transit Ticketing Platform
Ticketing that buckled under peak demand. But now:
US Logistics Software Provider
On-prem Postgres with no headroom. But now:Governance that holds, regardless of how the estate grows
Tessell moves enforcement from documentation into the platform so the standards your organization defines are the standards every database operates under.
Everyone operates within the access their role allows
As teams grow, Tessell keeps access governed structurally through defined personas that separate infrastructure control from data control, and through your existing identity provider. Permissions stay consistent across the estate as it grows.
Full administrative control restored
Across a 5-node production cluster on AWS, with all access governed through the platform
Every new database starts from an approved baseline
Tessell applies your standards at provisioning time across configurations, backup policies, software images, and SLAs, all defined centrally and applied automatically. Configuration drift is addressed at the source rather than after the fact.
87% reduction in provisioning time
With 85% of day-to-day operations automated and zero application refactoring across a 33-data-center cloud migration
Data moves under policy, not by exception
Tessell governs what data moves where, who can access it, and what happens to it before it gets there. Sensitive data is masked before reaching lower environments. Cross-region replication follows the same policy layer consistently, regardless of which clouds the estate spans.
100+ database refreshes per month
One-click clone-refresh across 700+ databases in four Azure regions, with unified license management and audit-ready reporting
Your Postgres never leaves your account
Tessell's control plane runs inside your own cloud account, so your data plane never crosses your perimeter. You keep the infrastructure, the keys, and full ownership of the data.
Runs in your own account
Every instance lives in your subscription, your VPC, your tenancy. Tessell's control plane holds only metadata and never has inbound access to your data.
Full access, your configuration.
You keep elevated, root-level OS and database access and run the configuration your apps expect, far beyond what a managed service exposes.
Your keys, your encryption
Data is encrypted at rest and in transit with customer-managed keys held in your account. You control rotation, and revoking a key cuts access at once.
Private by design
No public internet exposure. Connectivity stays on private networking inside your account, with no inbound paths and your perimeter fully under your control.Built for the way Postgres teams actually work
The operations you used to wire together by hand, including Patroni clusters, cron'd backups, failover scripts now built into the platform and consistent across every instance.
Provisioning
Pick your cloud, version, compute shape, and parameter profile, and get a governed instance in minutes with the extensions your apps need. Teams self-serve within your guardrails, from the console or as code.
- One-click or as-code
- Standard & High Performance shapes
- Self-service within guardrails
Three ways to run PostgreSQL, three different trade-offs
Every approach trades control, operational effort, and how you scale against one another. The real question isn't which is best, it's which trade-off you can live with, and whether you should have to make one at all.
You run Postgres yourself
Total control, total ownership. You keep full access and architect everything your way in your own account. In return, your team owns every patch, failover, and backup, and performance is bounded by the hardware you maintain.
Automated operations with full control in your account
Managed automation without giving up control. Operations run automatically across the estate while you keep full access in your own account. Performance scales on NVMe with no I/O metering, and one control plane spans every version, extension, and cloud.
Operated for you
Lowest overhead, fastest start. Operations are handled in a standardized model. The trade-off is depth: access underneath is scoped, extensions and versions are limited, data runs in the provider's environment, and I/O is metered.
Security-first for regulated workloads
Tessell runs in your own account, your VPCs, your keys, so your data stays under your governance and sovereignty controls, supporting your compliance posture.
PCI DSS v4.1
Privacy information management
ISO 27001
Information security management
ISO/IEC 27701
Privacy information management
SOC 2
Security, availability & confidentiality controls
Questions
Start with a free assessment. We'll map your current Postgres estate, plan the migration, and show you how it runs on Tessell inside your own cloud account. No obligation.