Comparison

PostgreSQL vs Vitess

No clear leader: Vitess (62.2) and PostgreSQL (59.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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PostgreSQL60
Vitess62
Score
Vioscale score
PostgreSQL60 / 100medium · 56%updating
Vitess62 / 100low · 49%updating
Pricing
Free tier
PostgreSQL
Vitess
Model
PostgreSQLcommercial
Vitess
Price level
PostgreSQLfree
Vitess
Integrations
Count
PostgreSQL10
Vitess
Adoption
Dependent repos
PostgreSQL0
Vitess235
Github stars
PostgreSQL21,899
Vitess21,259
Stackoverflow questions
PostgreSQL170,000
Vitess
Activity
Commits last 30d
PostgreSQL100
Vitess62
Release
Cadence days
PostgreSQL90
Vitess6
History
PostgreSQL
Vitess20 items
License
Spdx
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Language
Primary
PostgreSQLC
VitessGo
Market
Availability
Vitess
Content
Faq
PostgreSQL8 items
Vitess

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
PostgreSQLFull SQL
VitessFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
PostgreSQL-
Vitess-
Highest isolation level
PostgreSQL-
Vitess-
Consistency
Consistency
PostgreSQL-
Vitess-
Scale
Horizontal scale
PostgreSQLRead replicas
VitessSharded
Replication
Replication
PostgreSQL-
Vitess-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
PostgreSQL
Vitess
Deployment
Deployment
PostgreSQLSelf-hosted
VitessSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
PostgreSQL
Vitess-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
PostgreSQL-
VitessMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
PostgreSQL
Vitess-
Licensing
Licence class
PostgreSQLPermissive OSS
Vitess-
Data types
JSON / document support
PostgreSQL
Vitess-
Geo / spatial
PostgreSQLExtension
Vitess-

What each one is

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

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a mature open-source relational database system combining strong data integrity with comprehensive features and active community maintenance.

Independently observed

Vitess

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.

PostgreSQL

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Vitess

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Windows
PostgreSQL
Vitess
Linux
PostgreSQL
Vitess
CLI
PostgreSQL
Vitess
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
PostgreSQL
Vitess
Self-hosted
PostgreSQL
Vitess

Integrations

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

PostgreSQL

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

Vitess

Not documented yet.

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