G2 Vendor Directory

YugabyteDB vs. PostgreSQL

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricYugabyteDB

by Yugabyte, Inc.

PostgreSQL

by PostgreSQL

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count65683
Ease of use9.28.7
Ease of setup8.78.6
Quality of support9.68.2
Meets requirements9.39.2
NPS70.96774262.923077
Small Business41.3%35.7%
Mid-Market46.0%34.5%
Enterprise12.7%29.8%
Total page views595916
Total LLM citations3,7464,212

YugabyteDB

YugabyteDB is AI-ready, turbocharged PostgreSQL for business-critical transactional applications. 100% open source, it offers built-in resilience, on-demand scaling, and more! YugabyteDB eliminates the tradeoffs you get with legacy databases by uniquely combining enterprise-grade RDBMS capabilities with the horizontal scalability and resilience of cloud native architectures. YugabyteDB delivers a single logical database that can span across any cloud (private, public or hybrid).

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Reliability
  • High Availability
  • Performance
  • Availability
  • Ease of Use

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system renowned for its reliability, extensibility, and adherence to SQL standards. Originating from the POSTGRES project at the University of California at Berkeley in 1986, it has evolved over nearly four decades into a robust platform capable of handling complex data workloads across various operating systems. PostgreSQL's architecture emphasizes data integrity and scalability, making it a preferred choice for developers and organizations worldwide.

Pros

  • Features
  • Ease of Use
  • Reliability
  • Scalability
  • Open Source
  • Flexibility