PostgreSQL’s Rising Popularity

PostgreSQL – the world’s most advanced open source relational database – has been rapidly gaining in popularity. The Stack Overflow Developer survey ranked it as the most wanted database, and DB-Engines declared it the DBMS of the year 2020. It has steadily earned a strong reputation for its proven architecture, reliability, data integrity, robust feature set, and extensibility.

So what makes PostgreSQL so popular, and why are so many organizations choosing it as the database for their projects?

Join Umair Shahid and Magnus Hagander in this fireside chat as they reveal why PostgreSQL has earned the top spot. They’ll discuss some of PostgreSQL’s strengths, including:

  • Reliability
  • Licensing
  • Community

About the Author

Umair Shahid

Head of PostgreSQL

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