🆚 Microsoft SQL Server vs. PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft.

It supports Transact-SQL (T-SQL) as its query language, runs on both Windows and Linux platforms, includes features such as Always On Availability Groups, in-memory OLTP, Transparent Data Encryption, and row-level security.

PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, is a powerful open-source object-relational database system that extends SQL with features for storing structured, semi-structured and geometric data.

It supports ACID transactions, multiversion concurrency control (MVCC), advanced indexing types (GiST, GIN, BRIN), native JSON/JSONB with indexing, extensibility through custom types and functions, full-text search, foreign data wrappers, and geospatial queries via PostGIS.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥈 Second most popular in the Czech Republic in the Databases category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Iran in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Databases category.

• ⭐ 4th most popular in France in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Germany in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Belgium in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Spain in the Databases category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in China in the Databases category.

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