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PostgreSQL
Generated on 4 May 2026
PostgreSQL is an open source, object-relational database built for extensibility, data integrity, and speed. Its concurrency support makes it fully ACID-compliant, and it supports dynamic loading and catalog-driven operations to let users customize its data types, functions, and more.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to modify users and databases, improve performance and high availability, migrate data, and more.
Reference
Native and third-party tools, troubleshooting, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in PostgreSQL.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Support
Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.
Latest Updates
28 April 2026
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DigitalOcean Vector Databases is now generally available in Data Services that groups managed engines for vector similarity search. The launch includes:
- Weaviate in private preview for retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search workloads. Available to opted-in customers; preview clusters are not billed.
- OpenSearch with the k-NN, ML Commons, and Neural Search plugins for hybrid (vector plus keyword) search and remote embedding models. Uses the existing Managed Databases OpenSearch engine.
- PostgreSQL with the
vector(pgvector) andvectorscale(pgvectorscale) extensions for vector similarity search alongside relational data.
For an overview and guidance on choosing an engine, see Vector Databases.
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PostgreSQL Advanced Edition clusters are now available in public preview, offering enhanced performance and scalability for production workloads.
5 November 2025
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PostgreSQL 18 is now available for database clusters. You can upgrade earlier versions of PostgreSQL clusters to newer versions without any downtime using the DigitalOcean Control Panel.
17 September 2025
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Now in public preview, you can now enable storage autoscaling on all Managed Database engines. To enable autoscaling, see our resizing guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch, and Kafka.
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Storage autoscaling is now in general availability. Additionally, you can now reduce your cluster’s amount of additional storage, as long as the new storage size is greater than or equal to the latest backup’s size plus any data growth since then and a 25% buffer.
For more information, see all PostgreSQL release notes.