MySQL or PostgreSQL?
Both are excellent, both will outlast your application, and the right answer is usually the one your team already knows. Here is the honest version.
Where PostgreSQL leans
Rich data types, strict standards compliance, powerful queries, and strong support for complex transactions and concurrent writes. If your data model is involved or your queries are analytical, it rewards the investment. See PostgreSQL.
Where MySQL and MariaDB lean
Ubiquity, simplicity and a vast ecosystem — much of the web runs on it, and WordPress and countless apps assume it. Replication is mature and well understood (MariaDB replication), and operational knowledge is everywhere.
How to actually decide
- What does your application support best out of the box?
- What does your team already operate confidently at 3am?
- What do your libraries and migrations assume?
Pick on those, not on a feature table. Both run happily on a dedicated box; tune either with database tuning and lock it down per database security.
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