Comparison

EDB Postgres vs Vitess

On the evidence we track, Vitess leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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EDB Postgres43
Vitess62
Score
Vioscale score
EDB Postgres43 / 100medium · 61%
Vitess62 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Model
EDB Postgrescommercial
Vitess
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres15
Vitess
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
Vitess
Status page
EDB Postgres
Vitess
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
Vitess235
Github stars
EDB Postgres65
Vitess21,259
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
Vitess62
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
Vitess6
History
EDB Postgres20 items
Vitess20 items
License
Spdx
EDB Postgres
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
VitessGo

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
EDB PostgresFull SQL
VitessFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
EDB PostgresFull
Vitess-
Highest isolation level
EDB PostgresSerializable
Vitess-
Consistency
Consistency
EDB PostgresStrong
Vitess-
Scale
Horizontal scale
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
VitessSharded
Replication
Replication
EDB PostgresAsync
Vitess-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
EDB Postgres
Vitess
Deployment
Deployment
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
VitessSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
EDB Postgres
Vitess-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
VitessMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
EDB Postgres
Vitess-
Licensing
Licence class
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
Vitess-
Data types
JSON / document support
EDB Postgres
Vitess-
Geo / spatial
EDB Postgres-
Vitess-

What each one is

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

EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres combines PostgreSQL with AI-ready infrastructure, analytics capabilities without ETL, and high-availability support across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform provides automatic failover, data migration tools, and enterprise monitoring—designed for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads.

Independently observed

Vitess

Leader

Vitess is a MySQL-compatible database that extends scalability through built-in sharding and improves performance via query rewriting, caching, and connection pooling. It provides automatic failure detection and repair for high availability.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
EDB Postgres
Vitess
CLI
EDB Postgres
Vitess
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
EDB Postgres
Vitess
Self-hosted
EDB Postgres
Vitess
On-premise
EDB Postgres
Vitess
Hybrid
EDB Postgres
Vitess

Integrations

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

EDB Postgres

15 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
Independently observed

Vitess

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.

EDB Postgres vs Vitess: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale