Why the Core Won
One engine handles everything
Row storage, JSONB, full-text search, and vector embeddings share the same query planner — no glue code between services.
Extensions replace entire services
pg_cron, pg_net, and pgvector give you scheduled jobs, HTTP calls, and AI search without new infrastructure to manage.
Point-in-time recovery is built in
WAL archiving restores your database to any second — not the last nightly snapshot you happened to take.
Community outlives any company
35 years of open development, maintained by thousands of contributors, owned by no single vendor or board.