Product overview — Relational Databases High

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure’s default managed Postgres offering, commonly chosen by Azure-first organizations that want a managed relational core aligned to Microsoft ecosystem tooling.

Sources linked — see verification below.

Freshness & verification

Last updated 2026-02-09 Intel generated 2026-01-14 2 sources linked

Who is this best for?

This is the fastest way to decide whether Azure Database for PostgreSQL is in the right neighborhood.

Best for
  • Azure-first organizations standardizing on managed Postgres
  • Teams with database operational ownership maturity
  • Teams that want managed Postgres aligned to Azure identity and governance tooling
Who should avoid
  • You need dev-first branching workflows as a core need
  • You need distributed SQL resilience patterns across regions
  • You need minimal vendor lock-in and can’t accept ecosystem-driven switching cost

Sources & verification

Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.

  1. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/postgresql/ ↗
  2. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/postgresql/ ↗