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Comparison

PostgreSQL vs YugabyteDB

No clear leader: PostgreSQL (59.8) and YugabyteDB (58.7) 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
YugabyteDB59
Score
Vioscale score
PostgreSQL60 / 100medium · 56%
YugabyteDB59 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Model
PostgreSQLcommercial
YugabyteDBcommercial
Price level
PostgreSQLfree
YugabyteDBhigh
Transparent
PostgreSQL–
YugabyteDB✓
Integrations
Count
PostgreSQL10
YugabyteDB1
Security
Disclosure policy
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Gdpr
PostgreSQL–
YugabyteDB✓
Iso27001
PostgreSQL–
YugabyteDB✓
Scorecard
PostgreSQL6.1
YugabyteDB–
Soc2
PostgreSQL–
YugabyteDB✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
PostgreSQL–
YugabyteDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
PostgreSQL0
YugabyteDB–
Github stars
PostgreSQL21,899
YugabyteDB–
Stackoverflow questions
PostgreSQL170,000
YugabyteDB–
Activity
Commits last 30d
PostgreSQL100
YugabyteDB–
Release
Cadence days
PostgreSQL90
YugabyteDB–
License
Spdx
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
YugabyteDB–
Language
Primary
PostgreSQLC
YugabyteDB–
Market
Availability
PostgreSQLAvailable worldwide
YugabyteDB–
Content
Faq
PostgreSQL8 items
YugabyteDB–

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
PostgreSQLFull SQL
YugabyteDBFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
PostgreSQL-
YugabyteDBFull
Highest isolation level
PostgreSQL-
YugabyteDBSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
PostgreSQL-
YugabyteDBStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
PostgreSQLRead replicas
YugabyteDBNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
PostgreSQL-
YugabyteDBConsensus (Raft/Paxos)
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Deployment
Deployment
PostgreSQLSelf-hosted
YugabyteDBSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
PostgreSQL✗
YugabyteDB-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
PostgreSQL-
YugabyteDBPostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Licensing
Licence class
PostgreSQLPermissive OSS
YugabyteDBPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Geo / spatial
PostgreSQLExtension
YugabyteDB-

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

YugabyteDB

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.

PostgreSQL

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

YugabyteDB

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Windows
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB–
Linux
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB–
CLI
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Self-hosted
PostgreSQL✓
YugabyteDB✓
Hybrid
PostgreSQL✗
YugabyteDB✓

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

YugabyteDB

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.