It’s really not that hard, especially with an AI agent to help you. Running a Postgres server and a read replica in Hetzner with pgBackRest backing up to their S3 buckets and a cloud volume can be had for under 50€, has HA, PITR, 3-2-1 backups, and will carry you through your series A comfortably, with GDPR compliance built-in.

What does the equivalent RDS setup cost you?