Database & Data Management · pricing
PostgreSQL pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for PostgreSQL. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the database & data management tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The PostgreSQL catalogue entry carries no price, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the PostgreSQL review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full PostgreSQL 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
- JSON/JSONB Support
- Full-text Search
- Extensibility
- Advanced Indexing
- Partitioning
- Replication
Integrations
- pgAdmin
- DBeaver
- Prisma
- Sequelize
- TypeORM
Platform
- Linux support
- Windows support
- Mac support
- Docker support
People bring PostgreSQL in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to PostgreSQL are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Database & Data Management
Too few database & data management 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Knack | On request | subscription | - | vs PostgreSQL |
| Ninox | On request | subscription | - | vs PostgreSQL |
| Grist | On request | subscription | - | vs PostgreSQL |
| Cloudinary | Free | freemium | - | vs PostgreSQL |
| Azure SQL | Free | - | - | vs PostgreSQL |
| Amazon Aurora | Free | usage-based | - | vs PostgreSQL |
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 PostgreSQL badges page.
Before you pay for PostgreSQL
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: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
PostgreSQL runs on linux, windows, macos, bsd, unix, and is published by PostgreSQL Global Development Group of Global Open Source Community. The full record is on the PostgreSQL review, and the rest of the category is under best database & data management tools.
PostgreSQL pricing questions
- How much does PostgreSQL cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for PostgreSQL. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does PostgreSQL have a free plan?
- Yes, PostgreSQL is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 database & data management tools listed alongside PostgreSQL have a free tier: Cloudinary, Azure SQL, Amazon Aurora, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot.
- What am I actually paying for with PostgreSQL?
- The record lists 16 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend.
- Does PostgreSQL charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, 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 PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL against before paying?
- The closest database & data management tools in this directory are Knack, Ninox, Grist, Cloudinary. Each has a side-by-side comparison with PostgreSQL covering price, platforms and features.