Comparison

EDB Postgres vs YugabyteDB

On the evidence we track, YugabyteDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. 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

★YugabyteDB59

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	EDB Postgres	YugabyteDBLeader
Vioscale score	43 / 100medium · 61%	59 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	2.5	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	65	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	20	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-

Score

Vioscale score

EDB Postgres43 / 100medium · 61%

YugabyteDB59 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

EDB Postgres–

YugabyteDB✓

Model

EDB Postgrescommercial

YugabyteDBcommercial

Price level

EDB Postgres–

YugabyteDBhigh

Transparent

EDB Postgres–

YugabyteDB✓

Integrations

Count

EDB Postgres15

YugabyteDB1

Security

Disclosure policy

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Gdpr

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Iso27001

EDB Postgres–

YugabyteDB✓

Scorecard

EDB Postgres2.5

YugabyteDB–

Soc2

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Vulnerabilities

EDB PostgresCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=edb-pot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

YugabyteDB–

Reliability

Sla pct

EDB Postgres99.999

YugabyteDB–

Status page

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

EDB Postgres1

YugabyteDB–

Github stars

EDB Postgres65

YugabyteDB–

Activity

Commits last 30d

EDB Postgres0

YugabyteDB–

Release

Cadence days

EDB Postgres20

YugabyteDB–

History

EDB Postgres20 items

YugabyteDB–

Language

Primary

EDB PostgresPython

YugabyteDB–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	EDB Postgres	YugabyteDB
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	Serializable	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Natively distributed
Replication
Replication	Async	Consensus (Raft/Paxos)
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✗	-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	Postgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Permissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support	✓	✓
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

EDB PostgresFull SQL

YugabyteDBFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

EDB PostgresFull

YugabyteDBFull

Highest isolation level

EDB PostgresSerializable

YugabyteDBSerializable

Consistency

EDB PostgresStrong

YugabyteDBStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

EDB PostgresNatively distributed

YugabyteDBNatively distributed

Replication

EDB PostgresAsync

YugabyteDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Deployment

EDB PostgresSelf-hosted

YugabyteDBSelf-hosted

Serverless / scale-to-zero

EDB Postgres✗

YugabyteDB-

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

EDB PostgresPostgres protocol

YugabyteDBPostgres protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Licensing

Licence class

EDB PostgresPermissive OSS

YugabyteDBPermissive OSS

Data types

JSON / document support

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Geo / spatial

EDB Postgres-

YugabyteDB-

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

YugabyteDB

Leader

A distributed SQL database designed for mission-critical transactional data, available as open source software or managed cloud services with multi-region and high-availability capabilities.

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

Pricing not documented yet.

YugabyteDB

Leader

from $125/moHybridFree tier

From $125/vCPU/month. Free tier available. Storage and data transfer costs additional.

Standard$125/vCPU/month
- PostgreSQL API (YSQL)
- Cassandra API (YCQL)
- Change Data Capture
- Single-region fault tolerance
- PostgreSQL extensions
- +7 more
Professional$167/vCPU/month
- All Standard features
- Multi-region stretched clusters
- Read Replicas
- Row-level geo-partitioning for data residency
- Performance Advisor
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Professional features
- Customer Managed Keys (CMK) encryption at rest
- Single Sign On via OpenID Connect (OIDC)

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	EDB Postgres	YugabyteDB
WebPlatforms	✓	-
CLIPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB–

CLI

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

Self-hosted

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

On-premise

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✗

Hybrid

EDB Postgres✓

YugabyteDB✓

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

YugabyteDB

Leader

1 total

Arctype SQL Client

Independently observed

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