PostgreSQL

Core product data, orders, permissions, reporting, and reliable transactional workflows.

Best for

Core product data, orders, permissions, reporting, and reliable transactional workflows.Most shops can start here for products, customers, orders, inventory, and admin dashboards.Teams choose it when the relational workload is a real product need.

Common use cases

Core product data, orders, permissions, reporting, and reliable transactional workflows.
Most shops can start here for products, customers, orders, inventory, and admin dashboards.
Teams choose it when the relational workload is a real product need.

When not to use it

The only workload is cache, ephemeral queue state, or pure log search at very high volume.

Common pairings

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Small business advice

A strong default when you need a practical, well-supported product database.

Keep learning before you build.

This page is educational first. Use the project workflow only when you are ready to turn the choice into evidence and a report.