🆚 MySQL vs. PostgreSQL

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 MySQL is much more popular than PostgreSQL.
🌍 MySQL is more popular in all countries.

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Type

Database technology

About

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system currently owned by Oracle.

It supports ACID transactions via the InnoDB storage engine, provides support for stored procedures, triggers, views, high availability through replication and clustering, and can scale to tables with billions of rows.

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.

Headquarters

Austin, Texas, United States

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Website

mysql.com #1,650

postgresql.org #1,672

Pricing

Free version ✔️Community Edition, open source

Commercial LicenseStandard Edition$2,140+/year
Enterprise Edition$5,350+/year
Cluster Carrier Grade Edition$10,700+/year

* The open source version of MySQL can be used for commercial purposes.
A commercial license is required for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), and VARs (Value Added Resellers) who distribute MySQL with commercially licensed software.

Free ✔️Open source