# Page 17 | PostgreSQL Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 17 - Is PostgreSQL the right Database solution for you? Explore 412 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/48791/PostgreSQL/reviews --- PostgreSQL 4.6 (412) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/48791/PostgreSQL/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 25th, 2026 # Page 17 - Reviews of PostgreSQL ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 401-412 of 412 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Technical Product Manager Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Tons of tools!" August 9, 2019 5.0 Pros Open source and absolutely loaded with helpful tools. It's also been around forever so you know it's reliable. Cons Can be harder to learn when compared to other systems. I wouldn't give this to a beginner. Review Source IP Igor P. Senior Developer Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The best database on the market" August 31, 2022 5.0 Pros The best and most modern database on the market Cons Not the easiest to integrate into frameworks Review Source ST Shrish T. Project Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "PostgreSQL - Powerful Database with ease of use and portability" January 11, 2017 5.0 During different database evaluation for a Project, I found "PostgreSQL" to be a strong relational database, what I was looking for an Oracle like DB, to support all the features that are supported by Oracle, here I found that alternates for most of the options available in other DB were available. Also, the admin features were pretty straight forward and a lot of support was available online which made it even easier to use. Pros A strong and powerful alternative to many other popular DB's. Review Source IO Ivan O. Development Lead Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Runs a large database containing a millions of records without breaking" September 12, 2017 5.0 Pros I can say that it's really hard to go wrong in recommending PostgreSQL to anyone with even a small amount of technical knowledge. Cons I think it's not easy to understand how to do database backups and for that reason i don't like do it Review Source CB Chirag B. Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Open source, light weight database software" September 18, 2018 4.0 Pros It experience very few database crashes. Postgresql have a very basic user interface and is very robust. It generally supports all platforms like windows, linux etc. Also it have large storage space. Cons Their customer support is of not great help. It use large number of resources and performance is bad as compared to its alternatives. Also it does not scale well. Review Source SS Shwethashri S. QA analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "PostgreSQL" August 10, 2020 4.0 Pros I was a new user of this software. It was easy to understand the functionality. Cons Sometimes software used to hang while processing query with large number of data. Review Source NO Nishant O. Research Engineer Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "postgresql review" December 29, 2018 4.0 overall this is simple for general query operations on database. Pros It has a very large community so online help is available if we are stuck anywhere. It is simple command based and works fine for beginners. It is password protected so security is great. Cons It is slow for large dataset and commandline is everything. No great GUI. Only GUI is pgadmin which is complex to configure. Review Source SK Sanket K. Student Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Enterprise Database which has similar set of features that are present in regular db + security feat" May 15, 2018 5.0 Pros 1) Relational database works on structured data (uses SQL queries) 2) Support ACID properties. 3) Support traditional Joins. Cons 1) Does not provide NoSQL functionalities. 2) Query having regular expressions are somewhat partially existing i.e not able to access nested queries having dynamic parent attributes. Review Source PT Paul T. Used the software for: ### "Simply the Best RDS " November 11, 2016 5.0 if you need a RDS look no further as postgres is simply the best relational database around. its a no brainer. its free and has the best features you could ask for including jsonb and upsert. Review Source CS Chris S. Used the software for: ### "great DB option for SQL based DB seeker" December 6, 2016 5.0 Bullet-proof DataBase with big scalability. It's SQL-based so very easy to use and lots of people are familiar with its syntax, yet provides more features than mySQL Review Source MV Mrinank V. Computer Scientist at Centre for Airborne Systems Defense & Space Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### " Database everyone needs" October 11, 2018 4.0 Pros It has very rich library of commands and also json support. Firing queries is very easy and anyone with basic knowledge can get started to work on it. Cons No major disadvantage but sharding is difficult with postgresql. Review Source AAV Alessandro Alvise V. Business Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good SQL software" May 16, 2021 5.0 Overall I am satisfied. When I need to use SQL I use postgreSQL. Pros It is easy to use and it has a user friendly interface. It is intuitive and it works well. The language adapts to to SQL perfectly. Cons Looking for the tables requires many clicks, you have to open the database and scroll through various values, but it's definitely not a real issue. Review Source Similar Products Featured