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EDB Postgres Advanced Server vs PostgreSQL comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

EDB Postgres Advanced Server
Ranking in Open Source Databases
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PostgreSQL
Ranking in Open Source Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of EDB Postgres Advanced Server is 5.6%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PostgreSQL is 25.6%, up from 23.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Open Source Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Munirathnakumar Si - PeerSpot reviewer
Though user-friendly, it fails to offer a mobile application to users
The product currently fails to offer a mobile application. In the future, I want the solution to offer a mobile application, especially since you can access the services via mobile phone with all the service providers like AWS and others. A mobile application provided by the product can help a user to see the status whenever needed.
AdityaSharma3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Transaction processes are fast and good replication capability
Use cases include querying data warehouses and databases to fetch data for clients already working on PostgreSQL.  We also use Postgres for building reports It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping. The query speed is fast, and the…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like that EDB Postgres Advanced Server scales well. A valuable feature of the solution is multi-tenancy support. It also supports JSONB."
"The low cost and functionality allows us to save money on smaller database projects."
"Postgres is highly compatible with many software and programming languages. Its compatibility is excellent, covering nearly everything related to data engineering or migration."
"It gives us a solid, less expensive alternative to deploying with Oracle."
"I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten."
"The feature of vector database management for AI is quite interesting and impactful."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The PostgreSQL database is similar to the SQL Server but has a slightly different technology that has similar resources as well. If the customer has the confidence using SQL Server, they will be fairly comfortable using this solution."
"The solution is scalable, it is very good."
"The database has excellent performance."
"PostgreSQL is very powerful, easy to manage, and has many features."
"It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping."
"The community support and the open-source community for it are good."
"With the database, you can provide a multi-component at the same service with the same performance, scalability, or all those things."
"The most valuable features are the price, stability, it is scalable and is used by our clients in small business environments, and it is a simple product to use."
 

Cons

"An area for improvement in EDB Postgres Advanced Server is JSONB querying. It would be nice to have even stronger JSONB support from the solution."
"The product currently fails to offer a mobile application."
"The security is not very robust and the product would be much more useful with more security options."
"The system is aging and not keeping up with the performance of new, enhanced database models."
"I have faced performance issues in the community edition."
"I would like to see improvements in the performance, especially in large-scale operations, as it currently cannot match Oracle's performance."
"It still needs to be more mature and have some backup feature. We are normally dealing with Oracle's data, and we have very strong online tools to back up the data and do other things. PostgreSQL still needs to do more in this area as well as in the high availability area. There are many external tools that you can use for PostgreSQL's high availability, but there is no embedded tool within PostgreSQL for high availability. It could have a feature similar to Oracle for working on a distributed system. It can have some scripts to improve the monitoring and some tools to do performance analysis. We have a workaround for most of such requirements except for the support for a distributed system, which is very difficult to have. This area should be included in the core of the database itself."
"PostgreSQL could improve by being more user-friendly. In SQL Server they have a studio where you can easily do management but not in this solution."
"I don't think PostgreSQL supports bulk databases, so it needs to have more capabilities in terms of managing the bulk data."
"It would be great if the solution offered even more integration capabilities."
"The user interface could be a bit better."
"The price could be better."
"I had some issues when I integrated with the Jupyter Notebook."
"As PostgreSQL is an open-source product, you do have to do a bit more configuration and management yourself."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is significantly lower than competing products."
"The product is either free with community support or very inexpensive with a small yearly fee for paid support."
"EDB Postgres Advanced Server is open source, so I don't pay for licensing."
"I have been working on the community edition."
"It is an open-source product."
"The tool is cheaply priced compared to other RDBMS providers in the market."
"It is an open-source platform."
"It is free. There is no license on it."
"We are using the free version of PostgreSQL."
"It is open-source. If you use it on-premise, it is free. It also has enterprise or commercial versions. If you go for the cloud version, there will be a cost, but it is lower than Oracle or Microsoft."
"It is also open-source so it is free."
"We use the open-source version of PostgreSQL and not the enterprise edition."
"It is free, but if you need support, you can go for the commercial version called EnterpriseDB. They provide paid support, and they can even do hosting for you if you want standby and support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
I rate EDB Postgres Advanced Server's stability an eight out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
EDB Postgres Advanced Server offers both processor-based and user-based licensing options. The cost is reasonable, particularly for middle and lower-tier customers, but there are hiccups when deali...
What needs improvement with EDB Postgres Advanced Server?
I would like to see improvements in the performance, especially in large-scale operations, as it currently cannot match Oracle's performance. Additionally, multi-tenancy architecture, microservices...
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What do you like most about PostgreSQL?
It's a transactional database, so we use Postgres for most of our reporting. That's where it's helping.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PostgreSQL?
The tool is free of cost. For now, it's not about making money. But once we perfect it, we can offer it to customers willing to pay for support and other services. Most of my deployments are free.
 

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