# What Managed Postgres Services Handle for Teams

DevFeed: [What Managed Postgres Services Handle for Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/managed-postgres-what-lakebase-actually-takes-off-your-plate-26721.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.databricks.com/blog/managed-postgres>)

Author: Databricks Staff

Published: 2026-09-14T23:36:59Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/databricks.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>)

Tags: [data-plus-ai-foundations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-plus-ai-foundations.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databricks.md>), [developer-tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tooling.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recovery.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

The article defines managed Postgres by the operational responsibilities a provider assumes, including patching, scaling, failover, and backups. It discusses how these responsibilities can vary between providers and describes Lakebase Postgres as a serverless offering with automatic scaling, PostgreSQL compatibility, recovery, and Databricks integrations.

## Source excerpt

Every Postgres vendor calls itself "managed." Few of them agree on what that word...