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Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Innovate with a fully managed, AI-ready PostgreSQL database
Enjoy built-in AI capabilities, mission-critical performance, and enterprise-grade security.
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OVERVIEW

Build AI apps with a PostgreSQL database

  • Build generative AI apps with native vector search, local embeddings, and the Azure AI extension.
  • Focus on application innovation with a fully managed PostgreSQL database with up to 99.99% uptime and high availability.
  • Build with your favorite PostgreSQL extensions and popular frameworks and languages with support for the latest versions.
  • Save up to 62% in total cost of ownership from simplified infrastructure, management, deployment, and operations.
FEATURES

Power PostgreSQL apps with built-in AI

Azure AI extension

Use large language models and build rich generative AI applications within the database.
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Vector search

Use generative AI to add new capabilities such as integration with ML models and scalability to Postgres applications.
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Autonomous tuning

Take advantage of machine learning algorithms to boost performance.
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Vector embeddings

Generate embeddings within the database rather than remotely with reduced latency and predictable cost.
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Support for distributed PostgreSQL

Transform Postgres into a distributed database to achieve high performance at any scale with elastic clusters.
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Familiar features and extensions

Work with JSONB, geospatial support, rich indexing, Cron, PostGIS, PLV8, Ruby on Rails, Python with Django, Java, and Node.js.
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High availability and scaling

Get automated maintenance, patching, and updates. Provision in minutes and scale compute or storage with near-zero downtime.
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Migration service

Simplify the process of moving your PostgreSQL databases to Azure with online and offline migration options.
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AI Solution Accelerators

New AI solution accelerators for Semantic Ranking and GraphRag improve GenAI accuracy and boost app success.
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Security

Embedded security and compliance

34,000
Full-time equivalent engineers dedicated to security initiatives at Microsoft.
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15,000
Partners with specialized security expertise.
 
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>100
Compliance certifications, including over 50 specific to global regions and countries.
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PRICING

Find the right PostgreSQL offering that fits your needs

Scale compute and storage independently and pay only for what you use with PostgreSQL as a service.
See Azure Database for PostgreSQL pricing
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CUSTOMER STORIES

See how customers are innovating with Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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“The partnership with Microsoft will also help us deliver innovation in AI on top of the Vault’s rock-solid foundation.”
Fernando Mesa, Chief Information Officer and Head of Engineering for Data and Analytics, BNY Mellon
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“By adopting Azure as a service provision infrastructure, we will be able to smoothly expand its scale and provide new features in the future.”
Kenta Inoue, 3rd EDI System Department, 2nd Solution Business Division, Business Solution Development Headquarters, Fujitsu Japan
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“We wanted something that was secure, easy, developer-friendly, and operations-friendly. Azure Spring Apps fitted our strategy.”
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“Working with Microsoft, we tapped into the vast capabilities of the Azure integrated stack—high availability, low latency, stability, and of course scalability.”
Alex Zukerman, Chief Strategy Officer, Sapiens
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“Microsoft has become a strong partner who shares our interest in new technologies and concerns about their adoption.”
Park Jun-tae, CTO, Jeongyookgak
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RESOURCES

Helpful content on Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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Azure Database for PostgreSQL developer workshop

Learn the fundamentals of PostgreSQL application development, including embedding generative AI capabilities via Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Language service.
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Build a web app using Python

Deploy a data-driven Python web app (Django or Flask) to Azure App Service with Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
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Optimize pgvector performance

Learn how to use partitioning, indexing, and search settings to improve pgvector performance.
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Develop a web app using AKS

Deploy a Django application on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the Azure CLI.
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What is PostgreSQL?

Learn the facts about PostgreSQL, including PostgreSQL data types and more.
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Open-source cloud developer series

See a demonstration of features, discuss the latest news, and share the love for data technology.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

  • Read the Azure SLA.
  • Microsoft works with and directly contributes extensions to the open-source community. Read the Microsoft Open Source blog.
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL is available in more than 30 Azure regions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
  • The migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL offers online and offline migration options. Learn more about options for migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
  • Use Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL to build cloud-native and digital apps with a fast PostgreSQL database for any scale. Leare more about Azure Cosmos DB.
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    ESG Economic Validation: Analyzing the Economic Benefit of Migrating from On-premises Instances to Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a commissioned report distributed by TechTarget, July 2022.