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Postgres pricing
Postgres publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the technology tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Postgres plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Edition | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
Where Postgres stops being free
Community Edition, Free
- Full database features
- No limitations
- Community support
- All extensions available
- Complete source code
No paid tier on record
Postgres lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Postgres feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- ACID compliance
- Complex queries
- Foreign keys
- Triggers
- Views
- Stored procedures
- JSON/JSONB support
- Full-text search
Integrations
- Python
- Java
- Node.js
- Ruby
- PHP
- .NET
- Go
- Rust
Security
- SSL
- Row-level security
- Encryption
- Authentication
Deployment
- On-premise deployment
- Cloud deployment
- Container deployment
Platform
- Linux support
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Docker support
Localization
- SQL language support
- PL/pgSQL language support
- Multiple procedural languages language support
People bring Postgres in for running a general purpose relational database for applications, self-hosting an open source sql database with no licence fee, workloads needing extensions, json and full text search in one engine. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Postgres are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Too few technology tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgres (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Checkmk | On request | subscription | - | vs Postgres |
| Asana | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs Postgres |
| Amplitude | Free, then $49/month | - | - | vs Postgres |
| Apache Spark | Free | open-source | - | vs Postgres |
| Attio | $29/month | subscription | - | vs Postgres |
| Aha! | $59/month | - | - | vs Postgres |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Postgres badges page.
Before you pay for Postgres
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Postgres runs on linux, windows, macos, docker, and is published by PostgreSQL Global Development Group of Open Source Project. The full record is on the Postgres review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
Postgres pricing questions
- How much does Postgres cost?
- Postgres publishes a single tier, Community Edition, at Free.
- Does Postgres have a free plan?
- Yes. The Community Edition tier costs nothing and covers full database features, no limitations, community support.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Postgres have a free tier: Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Auth0.
- What am I actually paying for with Postgres?
- The record lists 30 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for running a general purpose relational database for applications, self-hosting an open source sql database with no licence fee, workloads needing extensions, json and full text search in one engine.
- Does Postgres charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Postgres prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Postgres against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Checkmk, Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Postgres covering price, platforms and features.