Postgres vs. MySQL: a Complete Comparison in 2023

The 2023 Stack Overflow survey shows that Postgres has taken over the first place spot from MySQL and become the most admired, desired database. !stackoverflow ...

This post is maintained by Bytebase, an open-source database governance platform that can manage both Postgres and MySQL. We update the post every year. This is a series of articles between MySQL and PostgreSQL: MySQL vs. Postgres (this one) PlanetScale vs. Neon TiDB vs. CockroachDB For the impatience, jump to the last section to see the comparison table. The References collects many industry best practices. In 2025, Snowflake won DBMS of the Year 2024 , with Postgres and Oracle as runners-up. Postgres remains one of the top climbers in the DB-Engines rankings . The Postgres dominance is also

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