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Comparison

EDB Postgres vs Vitess

On the evidence we track, Vitess leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. 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
★Vitess60
Score
vioscaleAI score
EDB Postgres36 / 100medium · 72%
Vitess60 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
EDB Postgres✓
Vitess–
Model
EDB Postgresopen_source
Vitess–
Price level
EDB Postgresfree
Vitess–
Integrations
Count
EDB Postgres10
Vitess–
Security
Disclosure policy
EDB Postgres✓
Vitess–
Gdpr
EDB Postgres✓
Vitess–
Scorecard
EDB Postgres2.5
Vitess7.9
Soc2
EDB Postgres✓
Vitess–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
EDB Postgres99.999
Vitess–
Status page
EDB Postgres✓
Vitess–
Adoption
Dependent repos
EDB Postgres1
Vitess235
Github stars
EDB Postgres67
Vitess21,384
Activity
Commits last 30d
EDB Postgres0
Vitess100
Release
Cadence days
EDB Postgres20
Vitess6
History
EDB Postgres20 items
Vitess20 items
License
Spdx
EDB Postgres–
VitessApache-2.0
Language
Primary
EDB PostgresPython
VitessGo
Content
Faq
EDB Postgres5 items
Vitess3 items

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

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

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

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 ↗

Vitess

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

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

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

Vitess

Leader

Not documented yet.

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EDB Postgres or Vitess: which one depends on you

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