Need someone to worry about your backups? I will guarantee restore with a 15-minute response time

Alongside developing Databasus, I provide external DBA services: I take responsibility for backups in your company, verify your team's restore procedures, run an audit and make sure your data is safe in case of an emergency

  • I care about reliable restores, not just backups
  • 25+ incidents studied over 5 years of running backups
  • DBA and DevOps team included on demand
  • Work inside your infra under an NDA

What can I do for you?

I work as an external DBA / backup-focused CTO for your team. If you're not satisfied — I return 100% of the payment, no questions asked. By the way, money from Databasus Labs goes to Databasus open source project development.

Manage Databasus in your infrastructure

I install, configure and monitor Databasus in your company's infrastructure. If you want managed Databasus, but don't want cloud

  • Installation and configuration within your infrastructure
  • Continuous monitoring 24x7 (backups are running, enough storage)
  • Restore verification for each database
  • Support included (without SLA)
$500one-time setup

Then $250 / month

Consultation

Calls or messaging for any of your questions. Related to databases, processes, best practices or anything else my experience can help you with

  • PostgreSQL questions and architecture advice
  • Investigation of a specific problem you’re facing
  • Calls or async messaging — whatever works for you
  • Billed hourly, only for the time used
$150per hour

 

Full care of your backups

I take full responsibility for your company's backups. So at any moment I am ready to restore your data and guarantee it is safe 24x7

  • Configure backups for your infrastructure and data layout (both self-hosted and cloud DBs)
  • Set up backups + restore verification for every DB with Point-In-Time-Recovery readiness (Databasus or pgBackRest)
  • Guaranteed emergency response within 15 minutes, even at 3 AM
  • Monthly reports on backup health
$1,000per month

Per database

Backup & restore audit

Independent one-off review of your company's process. If you have a team and just want to double-check everything is set up correctly

  • Review current backup processes and tooling
  • Assess restore readiness (can you actually recover?)
  • Recommend and set up the right backup tools
  • Written report with findings and an action plan
$1,500one-time

 

DBA services

Your part-time DBA for database management. Optimizations, version upgrades, migrations and any other database-related tasks

  • Performance monitoring and query tuning
  • Version upgrades and migrations
  • Schema, indexing and configuration review
  • Ad-hoc DBA tasks as they come up
$150per hour

 

Emergency help

You faced an incident and need immediate help? I jump into your problem and try to fix it by hand instead of just advising

  • Rapid response for data loss / corruption / failed restore
  • Hands-on recovery, not just advice
  • Specifically covers nights and off-hours (*you need to get my phone number via message in advance to call at night)
  • Post-incident write-up so it doesn’t happen again
$300per hour

Included with "Full care"

How to tell if you need my help?

A few situations I see again and again. If one of them sounds like you — message me and I'll tell you which option fits.

01No one owns backups

"Nobody is responsible for our backups."

PostgreSQL runs in production, but no single person can guarantee you won't lose data. I take ownership: what is backed up, who is responsible and exactly what happens at 3 AM when something breaks.

02CEO / non-DBA CTO

"I'm a CEO and I don't know what to do."

You have PostgreSQL in production, but no DBA. Backups exist somewhere, monitoring is unclear and nobody knows how long recovery would actually take.

03Tech-literate team

"We have backups, but nobody tested the restore."

A successful backup is not proof of recovery. I check whether your database can actually be restored — and how long it really takes under pressure.

04Databasus users

"I want Databasus, but I don't want to care."

You want Databasus running, but you don't want to deal with it yourself. The cloud is not an option — it has to live inside your own infrastructure. I set it up there and take care of it for you.

Message me

Tell me your situation in a few words. Fill in the short brief below, copy it and send via Telegram or email — I'll reply with which option fits.

Suggested brief before reaching out

Will help me get involved faster with fewer questions

1. What do you need help with?

3. PostgreSQL setup

4. Backups today

5. Databasus

7. Constraints