Question 1

What does "Technical Preview" mean?

Accepted Answer

PgBeam is currently in technical preview, which means the platform is available for internal testing and evaluation only. It is not production-ready. Features, APIs, and pricing may change without notice. There are no SLAs, uptime guarantees, or support commitments during this period. Do not rely on PgBeam for production workloads.

Question 2

Is there an SLA or uptime guarantee?

Accepted Answer

No. During the technical preview, PgBeam is provided "as is" with no service level agreement, uptime commitment, or guaranteed response times. The platform may experience unplanned downtime, data loss, or breaking changes. SLAs will be available after general availability (GA).

Question 3

Can I use PgBeam in production?

Accepted Answer

No. PgBeam is not production-ready during the technical preview. It is intended for internal testing, evaluation, and development environments only. Do not route production traffic through PgBeam until the platform reaches general availability.

Question 4

Do I need to change my code?

Accepted Answer

No. You swap your connection string and everything else stays the same. Every PostgreSQL driver and ORM works unmodified.

Question 5

What happens if the cache is down?

Accepted Answer

PgBeam degrades gracefully. If caching is unavailable, queries are forwarded directly to your origin database. Connection pooling continues to work independently.

Question 6

What happens if I exceed my limits?

Accepted Answer

Overage is billed at $0.10 per 1K queries above your daily limit on all plans. Data transfer overage is $0.20/GB on all tiers. No surprises: usage is tracked in your dashboard. Note: pricing is subject to change during the technical preview.

Question 7

Can I switch plans at any time?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Upgrade or downgrade any time from your dashboard. Upgrades take effect immediately. Downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period.

Question 8

Does PgBeam support read replicas?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Add read replicas from the dashboard or API. To route a query to a replica, add the /* @pgbeam:replica */ comment to your SQL. Queries without this annotation always go to the primary. Replica selection uses round-robin across all configured replicas.

Question 9

Can I use a custom domain?

Accepted Answer

Yes, on the Scale plan. Register a custom domain for your project and set up three DNS records: a CNAME pointing your domain to your PgBeam subdomain, a TXT record at _pgbeam-verify.<domain> for ownership verification, and an ACME CNAME for automatic TLS certificate provisioning.

Question 10

Can I self-host PgBeam?

Accepted Answer

PgBeam is a managed service. Self-hosting is not currently supported.

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