PostgreSQL has emerged to become a very popular database, not just for traditional enterprise applications but also for agentic AI. After all, that’s why Databricks acquired Neon.

PostgreSQL, also sometimes referred to as Postgres, is one of the most widely used and deployed open-source database technologies and has been steadily iterated since its first release back in 1996.

Data from DB-Engines shows that PostgreSQL ranks as the world’s fourth most popular database overall, while YugabyteDB lies in a distant, 108th place.