# PostgreSQL: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 2 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/postgresql/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing | 1% | 7 | 0% | 8 |
| Data management platforms | 0% | 89 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "PostgreSQL is the industry standard for open-source data warehousing." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Warehouse & ETL)
- "For marketing datasets with under 50 million rows, standard PostgreSQL is highly performant and incredibly cheap." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Warehouse & ETL)
- "another budget-friendly option, especially if you prefer open-source and have in-house technical expertise" (Mistral Small, Warehouse & ETL)
- "DuckDB or PostgreSQL: Free, local/open-source. Great for <10 GB data." (Grok 4.1 Fast, Warehouse & ETL)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing: 0% to 1%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 17 → 7 of 83.
- Data management platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 126 → 89 of 159.

## The company

PostgreSQL; https://www.postgresql.org; founded 1996. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What PostgreSQL's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The world's most advanced open source database. (https://postgresql.org/)

## What it publishes

Every page postgresql.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 29700 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- conference or event: 31 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-07
- report or ebook: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-13
- glossary or explainer: 8 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- podcast or video: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-07-22
- news or press: 959 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-24 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://www.postgresql.org/docs/19/glossary.html
- Recent: 2026-08-13 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/glossary.html
- Recent: 2026-08-13 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/glossary.html
- Recent: 2026-08-13 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/glossary.html
- Recent: 2026-08-13 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/glossary.html
- Recent: 2026-08-13 glossary or explainer: Glossary https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/glossary.html

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.