Quick take
Bitnami's free Postgres Helm chart is effectively dead in 2026. Broadcom moved tagged images behind a paywall in September 2025. The production-grade replacement is CloudNativePG, a CNCF Postgres operator with streaming replication, point-in-time recovery, and automatic failover. Here is the setup that actually runs in prod, every block explained.
If you only have 90 seconds, this is the shape:
Bitnami is over for new free deployments. Migrate or pay.
CloudNativePG (CNPG) is the new default and is genuinely operator-grade.
