Azure Database for PostgreSQL
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OVERVIEW
Build faster with a fully-managed, AI-ready PostgreSQL database
- Build generative AI features where your data lives. Use pgvector for native vector search and the AI extension to enable semantic search and RAG, and call models directly from Postgres.
- Keep transactional, operational, and AI data in a single managed database. Reduce application complexity and network latency by avoiding external vector stores or custom AI pipelines.
- Maintain consistent performance as AI usage grows with built‑in intelligence that helps optimize indexes and query execution. Focus on building features instead of tuning databases for every new workload.
- Work with full compatibility with open‑source PostgreSQL and popular frameworks. Develop and manage databases using familiar tools, including the PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code, without vendor lock‑in.
- Meet business continuity requirements with up to 99.99% availability with built-in, zone-redundant high availability (HA). Azure automatically handles patching, backups, and failover to keep applications resilient without complex architecture decisions.
- Save up to 58%1 in TCO compared to on-premises and self-managed PostgreSQL environments by eliminating hardware expenses, consolidating database operations, automating routine tasks, and simplifying architecture.
- Support evolving workloads and easily scale beyond single‑node limits using elastic clusters to distribute PostgreSQL workloads for high‑throughput and data‑intensive applications without rewriting applications.
- Reduce manual intervention and operational risk while improving resilience with built-in capabilities to manage routine operations like indexing recommendations, performance tuning, and maintenance.
- Use assessment tools like Azure Migrate, along with Microsoft migration guidance and best practices, to plan, validate, and execute migrations to Azure Database for PostgreSQL with fewer production surprises.
- Choose the right migration approach based on your risk and downtime needs. Azure supports online and offline migrations from on‑premises environments, virtual machines, and other managed PostgreSQL services, helping minimize downtime and data risk.
- Maintain compatibility with PostgreSQL versions, extensions, drivers, and tools. Migrate existing applications without schema changes while benefiting from a fully managed service with built-in backups.
- Accelerate Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations with AI-assisted assessments and conversion that help reduce manual effort, surface compatibility issues earlier, and keep DBA oversight from planning through cutover.
FEATURES
Intelligence, scale, and reliability built in
Azure_ai extension
Call large language models (LLMs) and build rich generative AI applications within the database.
Vector search
Enable vector similarity search in Postgres using the pgvector extension.
Autonomous tuning
Take advantage of ML algorithms to boost performance.
Mirroring in Fabric
Query and analyze your data with near real-time Azure Database for PostgreSQL data replication into Microsoft Fabric.
Distributed PostgreSQL
Transform Postgres into a distributed database to achieve high performance at scale with elastic clusters.
High availability
Keep your applications always available with built-in high availability that minimizes downtime and automatically handles failures.
Migration service
Simplify the process of migrating PostgreSQL to Azure with online and offline migration options.
Microsoft PostgreSQL extension for VS Code
Connect, query, and manage Postgres databases seamlessly within the coding environment.
Built-in security and compliance
Remediate risk and protect your data with network security, full enterprise identity management and access control, and data encryption in transit, in use and at rest.
Pricing
Flexible options so you only pay for what you need
CUSTOMER STORIES
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RESOURCES
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Yes. Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure HorizonDB are fully managed, AI-ready relational database services built on the open-source PostgreSQL engine.
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a fully managed cloud database service built on the open-source PostgreSQL engine. Azure provisions the infrastructure and automatically handles patching, backups, high availability, and scaling. You connect using standard PostgreSQL tools while Azure manages the rest. Read the Azure Database for PostgreSQL documentation to learn more.
- Key benefits include fully managed operations with automatic patching and upgrades, a 99.99% SLA with zone-redundant high availability, up to 58% lower TCO versus on-premises PostgreSQL, built-in AI capabilities with vector search and Azure AI integration, enterprise-grade security and compliance, and flexible on-demand scaling.
- Microsoft is a strong supporter of the open-source community. Some of our most widely adopted and vibrant developer tools and frameworks, such as GitHub, Visual Studio Code, and .NET are open source. For PostgreSQL specifically, our team has made 450+ commits to PostgreSQL core over the last 10 years. Read the Microsoft Open Source blog.
- You can create an Azure Database for PostgreSQL server in minutes using the Azure portal, Azure CLI, or the PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. Choose your PostgreSQL version, select a compute tier and storage size, configure networking, and Azure provisions and manages the server for you. Quickstart guides on Microsoft Learn walk you through each step.
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL is available in more than 60 Azure regions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
- Read the Azure SLA for details.
- Yes. Learn more about compute and storage options in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
- Azure supports online and offline migrations. Learn more about options for migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
- Azure offers several managed database alternatives. Azure SQL Database provides a fully managed SQL Server engine for T-SQL workloads. Azure Database for MySQL supports MySQL applications. Azure Cosmos DB serves NoSQL and multi-model scenarios. Azure HorizonDB offers a PostgreSQL-compatible option for the most demanding, high-performance workloads.
- Azure SQL Database uses Microsoft's SQL Server engine and T-SQL, ideal for SQL Server. Azure Database for PostgreSQL uses the open-source PostgreSQL engine with full open source compatibility and compatibility with popular extensions. Both are fully managed by Azure; your choice depends on whether your applications require SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
- Yes. Azure Database for PostgreSQL is AI-ready with native vector support via pgvector, DiskANN for high-performance vector indexing, and the Azure AI extension for calling large language models directly from your database enabling scenarios like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, and intelligent agents.
- Yes. With an Azure free account, you get up to 750 hours of Burstable compute and 32 GB of storage per month for 12 months at no cost. This is enough to run a small PostgreSQL server continuously, ideal for development, testing, or evaluation before committing to paid usage. Learn more about the Azure free account here.
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- [1]The Economic Benefits of Migrating On-premises Databases to Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a commissioned report from ESG distributed by TechTarget, March 2025.
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