Evolution of key capabilities for transactional, analytical, and AI use cases

PostgreSQL started with a focus on transactional use cases, but in the last 10+ years it added many new capabilities in the analytics and AI areas, while at the same time evolving its transactional muscle.

This expansion of capabilities occurred in parallel with an evolution in business requirements. Modern enterprise solutions now integrate transactional needs with analytical and AI requirements, as separate solutions cause too many maintenance problems and no longer meet the business need.

The result of this alignment is that PostgreSQL has become the #1 database option for developers. To understand why, this section highlights some of the key capabilities that have been added, grouped by use case for clarity (even though some are applicable across the board).

Transactional Capabilities

PostgreSQL transactional benchmarks show significant and steady performance gains every year in terms of transactions per...