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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.
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 TCO from simplified infrastructure, management, deployment, and operations.
FEATURES
Power PostgreSQL apps with built-in AI
Azure AI extension
Use language models and build rich generative AI applications within the database.
Vector search
Use generative AI to add new capabilities such as integration with machine learning (ML) models and scalability to Postgres applications.
Vector embeddings
Generate embeddings within the database rather than remotely with reduced latency and predictable cost.
Support for distributed PostgreSQL
Transform Postgres into a distributed database to achieve high performance at any scale with elastic clusters.
Familiar features and extensions
Work with JSONB, geospatial support, rich indexing, Cron, PostGIS, PLV8, Ruby on Rails, Python with Django, Java, and Node.js.
High availability and scaling
Get automated maintenance, patching, and updates. Provision in minutes and scale compute or storage with near-zero downtime.
Migration service
Simplify the process of moving your PostgreSQL databases to Azure with online and offline migration options.
Visual Studio Code extension
Connect, query, and manage databases seamlessly within the PostgreSQL extension for VS Code.
Security
Built-in security and compliance
Microsoft has committed to investing $20 billion in cybersecurity over five years.
We employ more than 8,500 security and threat intelligence experts across 77 countries.
Azure has one of the largest compliance certification portfolios in the industry.
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.
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CUSTOMER STORIES
See how customers are innovating with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
“Azure Database for PostgreSQL gives us greater performance capabilities and flexibility, enabling smaller teams to do more—especially when managing large numbers of databases.”
Mike Jasperson, VP, IoT Software Operations and Support, PTC
“Azure is the turbocharger for delivering the right data to the right person on a large scale.”
Christof Gebhart, Mobile Data Recorder Cocreator, BMW Group
“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
“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
“Microsoft has become a strong partner who shares our interest in new technologies and concerns about their adoption.”
Park Jun-tae, CTO, Jeongyookgak
RESOURCES
Helpful content on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Azure Database for PostgreSQL developer workshop
Learn the fundamentals of PostgreSQL application development, including embedding generative AI capabilities viaAzure OpenAI andAzure AI Language service.
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.
Optimize pgvector performance
Learn how to use partitioning, indexing, and search settings to improve pgvector performance.
Develop a web app using AKS
Deploy a Django application on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the Azure CLI.
What is a SQL database?
Get an overview of SQL technology and use cases, and learn the differences between SQL and noSQL databases.
What is PostgreSQL?
Learn the facts about PostgreSQL, including PostgreSQL data types and features.
Open-source cloud developer series
See a demonstration of features, discuss the latest news, and share the love for data technology.
Intelligent apps
Explore a solution for automating data analysis and visualization using AI.
Finance management apps
Read about a three-tier application for securely storing data and providing high-value analytics over aggregated data.
Retail and e-commerce solutions
Engage customers by using Azure AI Search to provide customized products and offers.
Scalable web and mobile apps
Build engaging, performant, and scalable cross-platform and native apps for iOS, Android, Windows, or Mac.
Geospatial data analytics
Explore a manageable solution for making large volumes of geospatial data available for analytics.
Modernize your data estate
Read the e-book to learn how to modernize and streamline your entire data estate—all with Azure services.
Migration service guidance
Get step-by-step guidance for migrating PostgreSQL to Azure Database for PostgreSQL online.
Migrate from on-premises or Azure Virtual Machines
Get actionable information for migrating on-premises PostgreSQL workloads to Azure.
Migrate from AWS RDS PostgreSQL
Learn how to migrate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using the Azure portal and Azure CLI.
Database Migration Assessment for Oracle
Start your Oracle database migration to Azure SQL and PostgreSQL with new assessment tooling.
The economic value of migrating and modernizing
Discover how migrating on-premises databases to Azure Database for PostgreSQL delivers a return on investment of up to 58% through cloud-native scalability and operational efficiency.1
Comms service provider: Application development
"Our applications are ready sooner because we don't need to depend on other database teams."
Software company: Oracle to Postgres migrations
“[Azure Database for] PostgreSQL has [helped us] ...cut costs by about 60 percent compared to on-premises applications.”
Intercept: managed services
“Azure Database for PostgreSQL reduces the need for hardware investments,... allowing us to start small and scale as needed.”
SVB System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH: information sharing
“Azure Database has become easier to use over time....now iIt is straightforward to create a database [with security and user authentication] by clicking a few buttons.”
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 30Azure 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.
- Yes. Learn more aboutcompute and storage options in 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 aboutAzure Cosmos DB.
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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.
