Comparison

EDB Postgres vs PostgreSQL

On the evidence we track, PostgreSQL leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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EDB Postgres36
★PostgreSQL61
Score
vioscaleAI score
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
PostgreSQL61 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Model
EDB Postgresopen_source
PostgreSQLopen_source
Price level
EDB Postgresfree
PostgreSQLfree
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres10
PostgreSQL6
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
PostgreSQL–
Status page
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL–
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
PostgreSQL0
Github stars
EDB Postgres67
PostgreSQL22,285
Stackoverflow questions
EDB Postgres–
PostgreSQL170,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
PostgreSQL100
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
PostgreSQL90
History
EDB Postgres20 items
PostgreSQL–
License
Spdx
EDB Postgres–
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
PostgreSQLC
Market
Availability
EDB Postgres–
Content
Faq
EDB Postgres5 items
PostgreSQL8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
EDB PostgresFull SQL
PostgreSQLFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
EDB PostgresFull
PostgreSQLFull
Highest isolation level
EDB PostgresSerializable
PostgreSQL-
Consistency
Consistency
EDB PostgresStrong
PostgreSQL-
Scale
Horizontal scale
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
PostgreSQLRead replicas
Replication
Replication
EDB PostgresAsync
PostgreSQL-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Deployment
Deployment
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
PostgreSQLSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
EDB Postgres✗
PostgreSQL✗
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
PostgreSQL-
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Licensing
Licence class
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
PostgreSQLPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Geo / spatial
EDB Postgres-
PostgreSQLExtension

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

EDB Postgres

An open-source command-line tool that automates the provisioning of cloud resources and deployment of PostgreSQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, and enterprise infrastructure including high availability, backup and recovery, monitoring, and connection pooling.

Independently observed

PostgreSQL

Leader

PostgreSQL is an open source relational database with over 35 years of active development. It supports transactions, user-defined functions, and a broad subset of SQL, widely used for data storage and retrieval in applications ranging from small projects to enterprise deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

EDB Postgres

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

PostgreSQL

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Windows
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Linux
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
CLI
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓
Self-hosted
EDB Postgres✓
PostgreSQL✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

EDB Postgres

24 total
  • JDBC Connectors
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Hadoop
  • HBASE
  • MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Parquet
  • Apache Spark
  • PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
  • xDB Replication Server
  • EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
  • Backup and Recovery Tool
  • HARP
  • ETCD
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDB Postgres Advanced Server
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • PEM
  • EFM
Independently observed

PostgreSQL

Leader
10 total
  • CloudNativePG
  • Kubernetes
  • Patroni
  • pgAdmin
  • pgVector
  • PostGIS
  • pgAudit
  • Spock
  • Cilium
  • Submariner
Independently observed
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