PostgreSQL
relational sql
Open Source
Advanced open source relational database with SQL support and extensibility
Pricing Model
Free and open source
Free tier: Unlimited, self-hosted
Pros and Cons
Ventajas
- + Excellent SQL standards support
- + Highly extensible with custom types
- + Robust ACID and transaction support
- + Large active community
- + Advanced features like CTEs and window functions
- + ACID compliant
- + Excellent JSON/JSONB
- + Extensible (PostGIS, pgvector)
- + Excellent performance
- + Very active community
Desventajas
- - Can be complex to optimize
- - Horizontal scaling requires additional tools
- - Higher memory consumption than MySQL
- - Configuration can be complex
- - More resources than MySQL
- - Fewer cheap hostings
Casos de Uso
- Web applications with complex queries
- Geographic and geospatial systems
- Data analytics and reporting
- Enterprise transactional systems
- Web applications
- Systems with critical integrity
- Analytics with JSONB
- GIS with PostGIS