Success stories

PostgreSQL is used in many application domains, including communication, medical, geographical, and e-commerce. Many companies provide consultation as well as commercial services, such as migrating proprietary RDBMSes to PostgreSQL in order to cut off the licensing costs. These companies often influence and enhance PostgreSQL by developing and submitting new features. The following are a few companies that have used PostgreSQL:

• Instagram, a social networking service that enables its user to share pictures and photos
• The American Chemical Society (ACS), which uses PostgreSQL to store more than one terabyte of data for the journal archive

In addition, PostgreSQL is used by HP, VMware, and Heroku. PostgreSQL is used by many scientific communities and organizations, such as NASA, due to its extensible and rich data types.