PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an open source, object-relational database built for extensibility, data integrity, and speed. Its concurrency support makes it fully ACID-compliant, and it supports dynamic loading and catalog-driven operations to let users customize its data types, functions, and more.

Getting Started

Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.

How-Tos

How to modify users and databases, improve performance and high availability, migrate data, and more.

Reference

Native and third-party tools, troubleshooting, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Concepts

Explanations and definitions of core concepts in PostgreSQL.

Details

Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.

Support

Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.

Latest Updates

8 May 2024

• You can no longer create new PostgreSQL 12 Managed Databases. However, you can still fork existing PostgreSQL 12 clusters until PostgreSQL 12’s end of life on 14 November 2024.

8 April 2024

• You can now view hundreds of new database metrics by accessing the metrics API endpoint. For more detailed steps, see our guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka.

13 February 2024

• You can now reconfigure MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis databases via the API, which lets you edit many database engine parameters that were previously unavailable for editing. For more detailed steps, see How to Reconfigure Database Clusters.

For more information, see all PostgreSQL release notes.