# EDB Postgres vs Vitess

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Vitess

| Attribute | EDB Postgres | Vitess |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 36.4 (72% (medium)) | 60.1 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 235 |
| adoption.github_stars | 67 | 21,384 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Relational Databases.","source":"https://www.enterprisedb.com","question":"What is EDB Postgres?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"EDB Postgres supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.enterprisedb.com","question":"What platforms does EDB Postgres support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. EDB Postgres can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.enterprisedb.com","question":"Can EDB Postgres be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 15 integrations for EDB Postgres, including JDBC Connectors, MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop, HBASE, MySQL, Amazon S3 and Parquet, plus 7 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.enterprisedb.com","question":"What does EDB Postgres integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for EDB Postgres. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as EDB Postgres not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.enterprisedb.com","question":"What security certifications does EDB Postgres have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Relational Databases.","source":"https://vitess.io","question":"What is Vitess?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Vitess can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://vitess.io","question":"Can Vitess be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Vitess is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess","question":"Is Vitess open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"isolation":"serializable","sql_model":"full_sql","deployment":"self_hosted","serverless":false,"consistency":"strong","replication":"async","extensibility":true,"json_document":true,"license_class":"permissive","horizontal_scale":"distributed_native","acid_transactions":"full","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"postgres"}` | `{"sql_model":"full_sql","deployment":"self_hosted","horizontal_scale":"sharded","automatic_failover":true,"wire_compatibility":"mysql"}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"JDBC Connectors"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Cassandra"},{"name":"Hadoop"},{"name":"HBASE"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Parquet"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)"},{"name":"xDB Replication Server"},{"name":"EFM (EDB Failover Manager)"},{"name":"Backup and Recovery Tool"},{"name":"HARP"},{"name":"ETCD"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Google Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"PostgreSQL","native":true},{"name":"EDB Postgres Advanced Server","native":true},{"name":"Terraform","native":true,"category":"infrastructure"},{"name":"Ansible","native":true,"category":"infrastructure"},{"name":"PEM","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"EFM","native":true,"category":"monitoring"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Python | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.enterprisedb.com","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T13:49:53.319Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | - |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| release.cadence_days | 20 | 6 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v15.0","date":"2023-04-28T17:04:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.14.0","date":"2023-02-21T17:21:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.13.0","date":"2023-01-20T20:06:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.12.1","date":"2022-12-15T16:13:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.12.0","date":"2022-12-15T07:49:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.11.1","date":"2022-08-23T14:27:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.11.0","date":"2022-04-06T15:04:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.10.3","date":"2022-03-08T15:44:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.10.2","date":"2022-03-04T16:28:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.10.1","date":"2022-02-09T17:45:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.10.0","date":"2022-02-04T15:13:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.9.3","date":"2022-01-28T14:53:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.9.2","date":"2022-01-25T09:16:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.9.1","date":"2022-01-06T17:14:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.9.0","date":"2022-01-04T14:30:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.8.0","date":"2021-12-15T14:28:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.7.1","date":"2021-11-17T16:20:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.7.0","date":"2021-11-02T14:40:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.6.7","date":"2021-10-04T16:18:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/postgres-deployment/releases/tag/v3.6.6","date":"2021-09-28T06:55:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.6"}]` | 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 2.5 | 7.9 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-deployment&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":7,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=vitess.io%2Fvitess&per_page=100","last_12m":3,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Relational Databases)

| Capability | EDB Postgres | Vitess |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| SQL model | Full SQL | Full SQL |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | Full | - |
| Highest isolation level | Serializable | - |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | Strong | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Horizontal scale | Natively distributed | Sharded |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication | Async | - |
| **Availability** |  |  |
| Automatic failover / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | ✗ | - |
| **Compatibility** |  |  |
| Wire compatibility | Postgres protocol | MySQL protocol |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | - |
| **Data types** |  |  |
| JSON / document support | ✓ | - |
| Geo / spatial | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:57:59.950Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*