Announcing PgBeam · Technical Preview

One global database

A globally distributed proxy for low-latency queries. Like Cloudflare Hyperdrive, but cloud agnostic.

N. Virginia · 13msOregon · 11msDublin · 10msMumbai · 10msSingapore · 10msTokyo · 11ms

CLI

$ curl -fsSL https://pgbeam.com/install | sh

AI Agents

Learns to install, auth, and use PgBeam
Read https://pgbeam.com/skill.md and follow instructions

Capabilities

Everything your database needs

Drop in a connection string and get production-grade infrastructure instantly. Read replicas, custom domains, query insights, and more included out of the box.

Query Caching

Opt-in stale-while-revalidate caching. Enable per query from Cache Rules. Results served locally from the nearest region.

Connection Pooling

Built-in connection pooling with session, transaction, and statement modes. Thousands of application connections share a small pool of database connections.

Zero Code Changes

Drop-in replacement connection string. Every PostgreSQL driver and ORM works unmodified. No SDK required.

Read Replicas

Route read queries to replicas automatically. Round-robin load balancing across replicas with writes going to the primary.

Performance

Faster reads, wherever your users are.

First-query latency (TLS connect + p50 query) measured from serverless functions. MISS benefits from connection pooling; HIT serves from the edge cache without touching the database.

Running live benchmarks

Measuring real latency from global regions

N. VirginiaDublinTokyo
See more benchmarks →

Get Started

How it works

Four steps to globally distributed PostgreSQL. No code changes, no infrastructure to manage.

1

Add your database

Paste your PostgreSQL connection string into the dashboard. PgBeam gives you a proxy URL that drops into your existing code with zero changes.

.env
# Your connection string
user:pass@prod.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/mydb
# PgBeam proxy URL - zero code changes
user:pass@a1b2c3.aws.pgbeam.app:5432/mydb
2

GeoDNS routes to nearest region

When your app connects, GeoDNS resolves to the closest of 6 global regions. TLS/SNI extracts the project ID automatically - no extra config needed.

Your App
GeoDNS
N. Virginia
Dublin
Singapore
Tokyo
São Paulo
Sydney

Routing to N. Virginia

3

Private backbone to your origin

TLS is terminated at the edge so your app gets fast handshakes. Connections between regions and your origin stay open over private VPC peering with persistent connection pools.

Edge → Origin path
TLS connection from your app
TLS
SSL terminated at the edge~0ms added latency
VPC
Private subnet peeringPersistent connections, low latency
Your PostgreSQL origin
4

Optional query caching

Enable query caching per-project to serve reads from the edge in microseconds. Writes always go straight to your origin. Off by default, opt in when you're ready.

Query latency from Dublin
Direct to origin646ms
PgBeam (miss)217ms
PgBeam (hit)10ms
65x faster with cache hit

Compare

How PgBeam stacks up

The only managed PostgreSQL proxy with caching, multi-region, read replicas, and zero vendor lock-in — all from a single connection string.

FeaturePgBeamHyperdrivePrisma AcceleratePgBouncerRDS Proxy
Connection pooling
Query caching
Multi-region6 regionsCloudflare PoPs2 regions
Read replica routing
Custom domains for white-labeling
Query insights
Works with any platform

Get started with PgBeam

No credit card required. Start with a 14-day free trial and scale when you need to.

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