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Should I Use PostgreSQL?

The world's most advanced open-source relational database

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Score
10/10

Yes — the default database choice for almost every project.

▲ Pros
  • +Handles relational, JSON, full-text search, and vector data in one database
  • +ACID compliance and data integrity you can trust for financial data
  • +Massive ecosystem — ORMs, managed hosting, and tooling in every language
  • +Extensions (PostGIS, pgvector, TimescaleDB) make it infinitely extensible
▼ Cons
  • Requires more upfront schema design than NoSQL alternatives
  • Performance tuning (indexes, query plans, vacuum) requires expertise
  • Horizontal scaling is harder than MongoDB — though Citus helps
  • Raw SQL can be intimidating for developers used to NoSQL

◉ Expert Perspectives

Database ExpertGo for it

PostgreSQL is the correct default. Start here and only move to something else when you hit a specific limitation.

Data EngineerGo for it

pgvector turned Postgres into a vector database too. We dropped Pinecone and run everything in one database now.

Startup FounderGo for it

Supabase, Neon, or Railway — managed Postgres is cheap and easy. There's no reason to start with anything else.

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