Is CloudNativePG ready to replace Aurora or AlloyDB?

CloudNativePG is a Kubernetes operator for running PostgreSQL. It joined the CNCF Sandbox in January 2025, applied for Incubation and added PostgreSQL 18 support later that year, and shipped v1.30 in June 2026. It’s used by some big companies like IBM, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, and it looks solid, though I haven’t run it myself. I’ve been weighing whether it’s worth advocating a swap from…