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Fully distributed PostgreSQL has evolved.
Close-up look at pgEdge, pgLogical, EnterpriseDB, and Oracle Goldengate.
Postgres users have significant new options for fully distributed Postgres. Most significant are new options for authentic bi-directional multi-master replication with the bells and whistles global enterprises require to address high availability, data latency and data residency needs.
Some believe these changes are a game-changer for PostgreSQL, elevating open source as a serious and formidable alternative to expensive commercial databases. Most important, with newcomer pgEdge, the enterprise-class enhancements are fully open and fully Postgres.
| Feature | pgEdge | EnterpriseDB | pgLogical | Oracle Goldengate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fully distributed PostgreSQL | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Based on current, standard PostgreSQL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fully open (source code available, non-proprietary) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Integration with edge platforms (e.g. Cloudflare Workers) | ✓ | |||
| Customizable multi-master, data residency to meet international data guidelines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Out-of-the-box support for Postgres extensions such as TimescaleDB | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Multi-master, multi-active | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Read/write logical replication with conflict resolution | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Configurable conflict resolution | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Running sums conflict avoidance | ✓ | |||
| Multi-cloud | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Available On-prem | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single CLI & GUI for configuration and management | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Near-zero downtime upgrade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Support for hybrid multi-master clusters | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multi-region replicas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24/7 enterprise level support. 99.9% uptime SLAs. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |