# pgDash Documentation pgDash is a modern, comprehensive monitoring solution designed specifically for PostgeSQL deployments. pgDash lets you observe and track every aspect of your PostgreSQL database servers. pgDash provides core reporting and visualization functionality, including collecting and displaying PostgreSQL information and providing time-series graphs and detailed reports as well as alerting. pgDash relies on [pgmetrics](https://pgmetrics.io/) for collecting metrics from Postgres servers. pgmetrics is an open-source, standalone utility. pgmetrics is a single, zero-dependency binary with a command-line syntax similar to psql. It can emit the data it collects either as a textual report, or as JSON. The JSON output can be used for scripting, and in this case, can be sent to pgDash. See [pgmetrics.io](https://pgmetrics.io/) for more information. pgDash is available both as a SaaS product, at [https://pgdash.io](https://pgdash.io/), and as a self-hosted (on-premise) version that you can host yourself. For more details about a Free Trial of the self-hosted version, please contact us at . pgDash is a product from [RapidLoop](https://www.rapidloop.com/), the makers of [OpsDash](https://www.opsdash.com/). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.pgdash.io/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.