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PgCache is a smart read replica for PostgreSQL that caches the hot data driving most of your traffic. Stop paying to replicate cold data. Try it for free on a small workload, then scale as you grow. Change one connection string. Never serves stale data.
Overview
PgCache - Smart Read Replica for PostgreSQL
Stop Over-Provisioning
If you're using traditional read replicas to scale PostgreSQL, you may be paying to duplicate far more data than your workload actually needs. That means more always-on compute, more storage, more transfer cost, and more operational overhead. PgCache takes a simpler approach.
The Pareto Advantage
PgCache acts as a demand-driven proxy in front of PostgreSQL. It automatically caches the queries and data that are used most often, so you can get the benefits of a read replica without duplicating your full database footprint. The result is faster reads and lower infrastructure waste.
Drop-In Deployment
PgCache is a wire-compatible PostgreSQL proxy. Just update your connection string. No application code changes, no Redis layer, and no separate cache invalidation logic. Uncacheable queries pass through transparently to your origin database.
Always Fresh
PgCache uses PostgreSQL logical replication to keep cached data synchronized with the source database. Writes continue to go directly to your origin database, while reads are served from cache when possible. That means you can reduce stale-cache risk without adding complexity to your application.
Works With Your Existing Stack
PgCache works with PostgreSQL 16, 17, and 18, and supports any ORM or driver that speaks the PostgreSQL wire protocol. It handles parameterized queries, JOINs, aggregations, GROUP BY, DISTINCT, and window functions. If your app runs on Postgres, PgCache can fit into your existing stack.
Pricing That Scales With You
Start with a free small instance or 30-day free trial to test PgCache on a real workload before committing. After that, PgCache bills hourly per instance, the same way your read replica does. Run it 24/7 and it is a flat, forecastable line item: about $156 a month all-in for the recommended m6g.large. You are metered on instance hours, not queries, so the bill does not move when your traffic does.
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Highlights
- Cache the 20%, Offload the 80%: Automatically identifies and caches hot query data using demand-driven logic. Stop brute-force scaling and paying to replicate 100% of your cold data.
- Always Fresh, Never Stale: PostgreSQL Logical Replication (CDC) keeps cached data perfectly in sync in real time. No TTL guesses, no stale reads, no cache invalidation logic in your application.
- Test for free on a small workload, then pay by the instance hour. No per-query charges and no surprise bills, because your traffic volume is not a billing dimension. Running at scale? Contact us for a private offer at aws-team@pgcache.com
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m6g.large Recommended | $0.137 |
m6g.medium | $0.0681 |
m6g.4xlarge | $0.959 |
m6g.xlarge | $0.274 |
m6g.2xlarge | $0.548 |
t4g.small | $0.00 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour based on the EC2 instance size you run PgCache on. Six instance options are available: t4g.small, m6g.medium, m6g.large, m6g.xlarge, m6g.2xlarge, and m6g.4xlarge. These are not feature tiers. They differ only in compute capacity, so pricing scales up as you pick a larger instance to match your workload. You choose the size that fits your read traffic. Billing is usage-based and hourly, with no per-query charges and no monthly software fee. Run it continuously for a predictable, forecastable cost.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You pay for one running instance that acts as a caching proxy between your application and your PostgreSQL database. Each instance size maps to a set amount of compute. The proxy caches the hot data your traffic touches, so a larger instance handles more read traffic and cached working set.
Billing meters running instance-hours, so a stopped instance stops accruing software charges. There are no per-query charges and no monthly software fee. Underlying AWS storage may still bill separately while an instance is stopped. Run it continuously for a flat, forecastable line item.
Choose the instance size that matches your read workload; the six options differ only in compute capacity, not features. If traffic grows, you switch to a larger instance and your hourly rate follows that size. The change is manual — you select the new size when you deploy.
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Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
0.9.0
Access Control
- Privileges checked on every cache hit: a cached result is served only to a role origin would let run the read. Verdicts are read from origin once per role and object and dropped on DDL or a role catalog change; a role without a positive verdict has its read forwarded.
- Row-level security enforced: a table with RLS enabled is cached by inlining the policies that apply to the reading role. A policy that cannot be inlined forwards to origin, and PgCache's role must be a superuser or have BYPASSRLS to populate secured tables.
- Role catalog poll: role membership, SUPERUSER, INHERIT and a role recreated under the same name fire no event trigger, so PgCache polls the origin's role catalog (every 5s by default) and forgets every privilege verdict on a change.
Consistency
- Anti-joins over rows other queries loaded: a LEFT JOIN ... WHERE x IS NULL, NOT EXISTS or NOT IN now loads every matching row of its NULL-filled side for every preserved row its other conditions admit.
- Row-level read-after-write for joins: a join read is checked against a pending write per table reference, on that reference's own filters, so a pending INSERT outside a joined table's filter no longer forwards the read. A joined table without a filter, or on the NULL-filled side of an outer join, still forwards on any pending write to it.
- Pending writes matched by schema: the table a pending write names is resolved the way origin resolves it, by its schema qualifier or along the connection's search_path, before reads are checked against it. When the name could resolve to more than one cached table, reads of each forward.
Subsumption
- Readmission by subsumption: an invalidated query whose tables are covered by cached queries that are still current is stamped from their rows on readmission instead of repopulated from origin.
- Waiting on a populating parent: a query covered by a cached query still being populated waits and is stamped from that parent's rows once they land, so a burst of narrower variants behind a broad query costs one origin population. Its reads forward until then; if the parent is invalidated, evicted or fails first, it populates itself.
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Usage instructions
PgCache AMI Usage
PgCache is a transparent caching proxy for PostgreSQL. This AMI includes PgCache and an embedded PostgreSQL 18 cache database, managed as systemd services. On first boot, a bootstrap script fetches your database credentials from AWS SSM Parameter Store and starts the proxy.
Prerequisites
Origin PostgreSQL database with wal_level = logical enabled Database user with REPLICATION role attribute or superuser IAM role attached to the instance with ssm:GetParameter permission
Quick Start
- Store your database URL in SSM
aws ssm put-parameter --name "/pgcache/prod/upstream-url" \ --type SecureString \ --value "postgres://user:password@host:5432/dbname?sslmode=require"
- Launch with user-data
Pass a script that calls the bootstrap with your SSM prefix: #!/bin/bash /opt/pgcache/bootstrap.sh --ssm-prefix /pgcache/prod
- Connect your application
Use the instance's private IP on port 5432.
Use the same database credentials that you stored in SSM.
SSM parameters (under your prefix)
All parameter names below are relative to your SSM prefix (for example, /pgcache/prod).
upstream-url (Required): Origin database connection URL. Example name: /pgcache/prod/upstream-url
replication-url (Optional): Separate connection URL for CDC replication. Example name: /pgcache/prod/replication-url
tls-cert (Optional): PEM-encoded TLS certificate for client connections. Example name: /pgcache/prod/tls-cert
tls-key (Optional): PEM-encoded TLS private key for client connections. Example name: /pgcache/prod/tls-key
Bootstrap options
Non-secret settings can be passed as flags in user-data along with your SSM prefix:
/opt/pgcache/bootstrap.sh --ssm-prefix /pgcache/prod --workers 4 --cache-size 4294967296 --allowed-tables users,orders
Common flags:
--workers (default: half of vCPUs): Number of PgCache worker threads.
--cache-size (default: unlimited): Maximum cache size in bytes; enables eviction when set.
--cache-policy (default: clock): Eviction policy, one of "clock" or "fifo".
--admission-threshold (default: 2): Number of times a query must be seen before it is cached.
--allowed-tables (default: all): Comma-separated list of tables that may be cached.
--pinned-tables (default: none): Comma-separated list of tables that are always kept in cache.
--pinned-queries (default: none): Semicolon-separated list of queries that are always kept in cache.
Managing the service
Check status: sudo systemctl status pgcache
View logs: sudo journalctl -u pgcache -f
Edit config: sudo vi /etc/pgcache/config.toml
Restart after config changes: sudo systemctl restart pgcache
Metrics
Prometheus metrics endpoint: http://<instance>:9090/metrics
Ports
5432: PgCache proxy (configure access via security groups).
9090: Prometheus metrics (optional; restrict as needed).
5433: Embedded PostgreSQL (listens on localhost only, not externally accessible).
Security
Database credentials are stored in SSM SecureString parameters and fetched at boot, not passed in user-data.
The PgCache configuration file is readable only by root and the postgres user.
Restrict access to port 5432 to your application VPC or specific security group sources.
Further documentation
Full documentation, including advanced configuration, troubleshooting, and architecture details, is available at:
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