Postgres for Search and Analytics — deployed on Render

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This repo deploys ParadeDB on Render with one click.

• Uses the official ParadeDB Docker image.
• Render Disks provide fast, persistent SSD storage for your database.
• ParadeDB runs in your private network and isn't exposed to the public Internet.

Deployment

One Click

Use the button below to deploy ParadeDB on Render.

Manual

1. Fork this repo.
2. Create a new Private Service on Render.
3. Connect your forked repo and use the Dockerfile runtime.
4. Add a Disk mounted at /var/lib/postgresql with at least 10 GB.
5. Set the following environment variables:
   • POSTGRES_USER — database user (e.g. postgres)
   • POSTGRES_PASSWORD — a strong password
   • POSTGRES_DB — database name (e.g. paradedb)

Connecting

Once deployed, connect from any other service in your Render private network:

psql -h paradedb -U postgres -d paradedb

Or add an SSH key to Render, connect to the SSH endpoint, then run:

psql -U postgres paradedb

What is ParadeDB?

ParadeDB is an Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres. It delivers elastic-quality full-text search, hybrid search, and faceted search — all in pure SQL, with no separate search infrastructure to manage.

• BM25 full-text search with 12+ tokenizers across 20+ languages
• Hybrid search combining BM25 and vector similarity
• Faceted search and boolean queries for filtering and complex search logic
• Zero ETL — installs as a Postgres extension or replicates from managed databases (RDS, Supabase, Neon, etc.)

500K+ Docker pulls • 100K+ extension installs • 8K+ GitHub stars

Learn more at paradedb.com.