# Render Postgres *Create & Connect* Spinning up a new database on Render? Start here. *Recovery & Backups* Restore your database to a previous state in the event of data loss. *Read Replicas* Offload expensive read operations to separate instances. *High Availability* Automatically swap to a standby database when your primary encounters an issue. *Admin Apps* Connect apps to manage your schemas, view query plans, and monitor connections. *Extensions* Store AI embeddings with pgvector, geospatial data with PostGIS, and much more. ### Plan details *Flexible plans* Set your database's storage and compute independently. *Legacy instance types* View specs for legacy Starter, Standard, Pro, and Pro Plus instances. ### Advanced topics *Connection pooling* Control the volume of connections to your database. *Upgrading your version* Move to a more recent version of PostgreSQL. *Troubleshooting performance* Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks. ### Related content A simple query with a big problem From slow query to fast —via stats Taking random samples from big tables Fix a top cause of slow queries in PostgreSQL