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PostgreSQL vs Microsoft SQL Server Comparison (2026)

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PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server

Overview

PostgreSQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), which helps businesses store, manage, and scale data workloads, from single machines to data warehouses with multiple concurrent users.

SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDMS) designed to help businesses of all sizes analyze structured or unstructured data across various data environments including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, and more.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

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Pricing

Starting from

0.01

One-time payment

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

209

One-time payment

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

412

275

126

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

89%

would recommend this app

4.6

1.9K

1.2K

661

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

85%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Postgres implements catalog internally, so it stores differently from other RDBMS(s).”

Shaunak P.

Senior Data Engineer

“PostgresSQL is very famous among the data engineering fraternity due to its high resilience and throughput.”

Shaunak P.

Senior Data Engineer

“PgAdmin is best tool to manage the DB with intuitive UI.”

Shaunak P.

Senior Data Engineer

Pros

“It offers powerful data management features, excellent performance, and strong integration with Microsoft tools like Power BI and Azure.”

Piyusha P.

Customer service operator

“Licensing costs can become significant as environments grow, and some advanced administration, performance tuning, and high-availability features require specialized database expertise.”

Dave R.

Manager

“From an IT administration perspective, SQL Server has been an important part of maintaining stable business operations and supporting critical enterprise systems.”

Dave R.

Manager

Cons

“The only problem I faced with Postgres SQL was that API people need column comments, and for a table with huge number of columns like 250-300 fields, it is very hard to update column via SQL query. And there is no provision in Postgres to tag comment to a column with DDL statement.”

Shaunak P.

Senior Data Engineer

“The diagram feature isn't as customizable as I would prefer.”

Leslie H.

Student

“One thing that i dislike from PostgreSQL is it's hard to setup and install PostgreSQL at the beginning.”