Not a black box. Not a shared PaaS. Real VMs in your VPC with the ops burden removed.
Most cloud providers run managed services on shared pools. Multi-tenant clusters where your database shares resources with hundreds of other customers. It's cheaper to operate. But it comes with real problems:
We took a different approach. Same managed experience, but on dedicated infrastructure. Your database runs on its own VM, with its own storage, in your own VPC. You get full isolation, predictable performance, and the ability to customize configs when you need to.
It's managed services done right.
These invariants apply to every managed service. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis. Same model.
Your database isn't a shared tenant. It's a real VM running in your account, with the compute class you choose.
Same private network, same firewall rules, same visibility. No special tunnels or hidden endpoints.
Value, Standard, Premium. Same IOPS guarantees as regular volumes. You pick the performance tier.
Baseline, Standard, Edge. Same bandwidth limits and traffic packages as your VMs.
No magic. Same performance model, same pricing primitives. Predictable behavior across all services.
All managed services share the same architecture. Different software on top.
Quick guide based on your use case
Most versatile. JSON, full-text search, extensions.
In-memory cache. Sub-millisecond latency.
Classic RDBMS. WordPress, legacy apps.
Document store. Flexible schema, JSON-native.
Not sure? PostgreSQL is the safe default — it handles 90% of use cases. Add Redis when you need caching.
All managed services run on dedicated VMs in your VPC. See full pricing →
Typical setups for different environments
Affordable, can burst when needed. Good for CI/CD, staging, local dev.
Dedicated resources, consistent performance. 10K IOPS for fast queries.
Max memory for large datasets. 50K IOPS for analytics/OLTP.
Clear division of responsibility. You own the infrastructure, we handle the ops.
Your database runs on a dedicated VM. Not a multi-tenant cluster with noisy neighbors.
You choose the resources. You see the VM. You SSH in when needed.
VM cost + storage cost + management fee. Same primitives, same rates, clear math.
Standard PostgreSQL, standard MySQL, standard Redis. No proprietary extensions.
Managed services are part of the same platform. Same CLI, same API.
$ scamp managed create postgres \ --name prod-db \ --version 16 \ --vm-class dedicated-m \ --storage-class standard \ --storage-size 100 \ --network-class standard \ --vpc prod-vpc Creating managed PostgreSQL 'prod-db'... VM: dedicated-m (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) Storage: 100 GB standard (10,000 IOPS) Network: standard (1 Gbit, 20 TB included) VPC: prod-vpc Status: provisioning $ scamp managed list NAME TYPE VERSION STATUS VM CLASS IP prod-db postgres 16 running dedicated-m 10.0.1.50 cache redis 7.2 running burst-s 10.0.1.51 $ scamp managed connect prod-db psql (16.1) Type "help" for help. prod-db=#
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