Measured baseline
We record the workload's current behavior: slow statements, wait events, lock activity, connection use, and the plans behind the queries that matter. Read-only unless you approve a change.
Your PostgreSQL database is slowing the business down.
Pages that used to be instant now time out. Reports stack up behind locks, and someone restarts the database to get through the day. We measure what is actually blocking the workload, then agree a scoped sprint to fix the highest-impact cause first.
Fees
Diagnosis$750
Performance sprintfrom $3,000
The assessment fee is credited toward the matching approved sprint. You get a written scope and quote after the assessment; work starts only after you approve it.
Prices are in USD. The sprint is quoted from the assessment findings; the amount shown is the starting point, not a fixed total.
The app looks slow. The time is going somewhere in PostgreSQL.
A slow screen is only the symptom. The cause might be one query that changed plan, a missing index, a lock held too long, a connection pool sized for a different workload, or statistics that no longer match the data. Restarting the database makes the symptom disappear for a while, not the cause.
The load changed, the plan did not
A new report, a larger table, or a different filter can turn a query that was fine into the one that holds everything else up.
More indexes are not automatically better
An index can speed one read and slow every write. We look at the whole workload, not a single query in isolation.
Locks and connections hide in plain sight
A long transaction or an exhausted connection pool can look like a slow application everywhere, while the database is waiting on a handful of sessions.
What you get
A diagnosis you can act on, then a sprint with a defined finish.
The diagnosis is a fixed-fee first step. The sprint is quoted from what it finds, not from a generic package.
Ranked bottleneck list
Each candidate cause gets evidence and an impact estimate, so you can see why it is at the top of the list and what depends on it.
Sprint scope and quote
We turn the top findings into a bounded sprint with acceptance checks, exclusions, and a written quote. The $750 diagnosis is credited toward it.
Changes with a rollback path
Approved index, query, configuration, or schema changes are applied in an agreed window, with a rollback path and before/after measurements.
What this is not
PostgreSQL performance work can expose application, infrastructure, or data problems that sit outside the database change itself. We name those rather than absorbing them silently.
- A full application rewrite or architecture migration.
- Query tuning for every screen in a large system; the sprint is scoped to the agreed statements and workloads.
- 24/7 monitoring, on-call coverage, or a managed-service contract.
- Provider billing, instance resizing, or infrastructure work unless separately quoted.
- A promise that every query will hit a specific latency; we measure against the acceptance checks agreed in the quote.
How it works
From a slow workload to a measured result.
No production change happens during the diagnosis without your approval.
- 1
Intake and safe access
You describe the impact, stack, and deadline. If the diagnosis needs access, we agree the minimum read-only access separately. Do not send credentials through this form.
- 2
Measure and reproduce
We use query statistics, plans, logs, and a short working session to reproduce the bottleneck and separate database causes from application ones.
- 3
Scope and approve
You get the evidence, the proposed sprint, the acceptance checks, and a written quote. The diagnosis fee is credited toward the approved sprint.
- 4
Fix and verify
We apply the approved changes in an agreed window and compare the result with the baseline. Remaining findings become a handover list, not an open-ended promise.
Requirement
Access is agreed, not assumed.
Production credentials are never requested in the form. We arrange read-only access through your approved process after the inquiry, and every change is scheduled with you.
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What do you need to start the diagnosis?
The business impact, your PostgreSQL version and hosting environment, the queries or screens that are slow, and what you have already tried. Safe access is arranged after the inquiry if it is needed.
Will you change production during the diagnosis?
No. The diagnosis is read-only unless a specific change is agreed in advance. Implementation happens in a separately approved sprint.
What if the problem is in the application, not the database?
We will show you the evidence and say so. Fixing application query patterns may still be part of the sprint, but an application rewrite is out of scope.
Is $750 the whole cost?
No. It is the fixed diagnosis fee. The performance sprint starts at $3,000 and is quoted after the diagnosis. The $750 is credited toward the approved sprint.
Do you guarantee a specific speedup?
No. We agree acceptance checks and measure before and after. If the evidence does not support a sprint, we will say that rather than sell one.
Which PostgreSQL versions and hosting do you review?
We start from the version and host you actually run, including managed services, and confirm during the diagnosis whether the environment can be inspected safely. If it cannot, we will say so.
PostgreSQL performance
Is PostgreSQL the bottleneck?
Send the impact, your stack and version, and the deadline you are working against. We will reply with the next step and whether the diagnosis fits.