Postgres Plus® Standard Server Version 8.4 Now Available!

Standard Server 8.4 delivers PostgreSQL 8.4, StackBuilder Plus with UpdateMonitor, pre-integrated enterprise modules, value-added enterprise module testing, and enterprise subscription, support, and packaged services.

What's New? In Community PostgreSQL? EnterpriseDB / Standard Server
Value Add
All PostgreSQL 8.4 features
Yes
Code and feature contributions
Pre-integrated and pre-installed enterprise add-on modules (e.g. connectors, geospatial, replication, caching, etc. )
No
 
Add-on project collection, compilation, packaging, testing, and installing.
StackBuilder Plus with UpdateMonitor
 
No
 
Automatic notification of updates to installed add-on modules
Value-added integration testing of add-on modules
 
No
 
Integration testing of 8+ enterprise add-on modules.
Software Subscriptions, Technical Support, Service Level Agreements, Training, Services
No
 
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Postgres Plus Products Feature Comparison

Feature PostgreSQL Postgres Plus Standard Server Postgres Plus Advanced Server
Primary Differentiators(s) One-click Installer
StackBuilder 		Adds:
Enterprise modules
Installation Tuning
StackBuilder Plus (see below) 		Adds:
Oracle Compatibility,
Performance,
Scalability, & DBA
and Developer Tools
Supported Platforms Linux x86/32
Linux x86/64
Windows®
 
 
Linux x86/32
Linux x86/64
Windows
 
 
Linux x86/32
Linux x86/64
Windows
Solaris® x86/64
Solaris SPARC®
Full ACID compliance
Views
User Defined Data Types
ANSI Constraints
Function based Indexes
Partial Indexes
Data and Index Partitioning
Bitmap Indexes
Primary and Foreign keys
Column Level Permissions
Rules Engine
Inheritance
Triggers & Stored Functions
Windowing Functions
Recursive Queries
Nested Transactions
Procedural Language support
SQL/XML Support
Multi-version Concurrency Control (MVCC)
Full Text Search
PostgreSQL Database Links
Pluggable Authentication
Heap-Only Tuples (HOT)
GUI Administration Console (pgAdmin)
Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
Online Index Reorganization
Online Backup
Parallel Restore
Interactive SQL Terminal
Client Connectors       libpq
      ECPG
 
 
 
  		      libpq
      ECPG
      pgJDBC
      psqlODBC
      Npgsql(.NET)
  		      libpq
      ECPG
      pgJDBC
      psqlODBC
      Npgsql(.NET)
      OCL(OCI)
Authentication support       Trust
      Password
      GSSAPI
      SSPI
      Kerberos
      Ident
      LDAP
      SSL
      PAM
      Trust
      Password
      GSSAPI
      SSPI
      Kerberos
      Ident
      LDAP
      SSL
      PAM
      Trust
      Password
      GSSAPI
      SSPI
      Kerberos
      Ident
      LDAP
      SSL
      PAM
Distributed Memory Caching (pgmemcache)  
Integrated Connection Pooling (pgBouncer)  
Job Scheduler (pgAgent)  
Postgres Replication (Slony)  
GeoSpatial Support (PostGIS)  
PL/pgSQL Debugger  
Integrated Add-On Components  
Installation Tuning  
Automatic Update Notification  
Open Source Database Migration  
Standby Database for Disaster Recovery  
Certified Binaries  
DynaTune®    
SQL/Protect    
User Defined Object Types    
Oracle Dictionary Views     49
EDB*Loader    
Oracle SQL Extensions    
Object Types support    
Oracle Database Links    
Infinite Cache (includes DB-in-Cache)    
Asynchronous Pre-Fetch for RAID Bitmap Indices
  		Bitmap Indices
  		Bitmap Indices
Regular Indices
GridSQL® with Parallel Query    
Bulk Collect / Bulk Bind    
Query Optimization Hints    
DRITA (Dynamic Runtime Instrumentation)    
EDB*Plus    
PL/SQL Support    
PL/SQL Debugger    
EDB*Wrap (source code protection)    
EDB*Package (built-in code packages)     DBMS_ALERT
DBMS_JOB
DBMS_LOB
DBMS_OUTPUT
DMBS_PIPE
DBMS_SQL
DBMS_UTLTITY
UTL_FILE
UTL_MAIL
UTL_SMTP
User Defined Packages    
Explicit Transaction Control    
EDB*OCI    
GridSQL Monitoring Console    
Multi-threaded Oracle Replication    
Oracle Replication Server    
Oracle Replication Console/CLI    
Migration Studio     MySQL
Oracle
SQL Server
Sybase
DBA Management Server    
DBA Monitoring Console    
Indemnification and Warranties    
Audit Logging    
Programming Language Support  
PL/pgSQL
PL/Java®
PL/Ruby
PL/Python
PL/PHP
PL/Perl
C/C++
PL/Tcl
PL/Scheme
 
PL/pgSQL
PL/Java®
PL/Ruby
PL/Python
PL/PHP
PL/Perl
C/C++
PL/Tcl
PL/Scheme
PL/SQL
PL/pgSQL
PL/Java®
PL/Ruby
PL/Python
PL/PHP
PL/Perl
C/C++
PL/Tcl
PL/Scheme
Library Interface Support  
libpq
JDBC
ODBC
.NET™
Perl
Python
Ruby
C/C++
PHP
Lisp
Scheme
Qt 		 
libpq
JDBC
ODBC
.NET
Perl
Python
Ruby
C/C++
PHP
Lisp
Scheme
Qt 		OCL(OCI)
libpq
JDBC
ODBC
.NET
Perl
Python
Ruby
C/C++
PHP
Lisp
Scheme
Qt
StackBuilder (Plus) Modules  
 
 
 
 
 
 
MySQL Migration
.NET Connector
pgJDBC Connector
psqlODBC Conn.
Tuning Wizard
Slony-I Replication
PostGIS GeoSpatial
pgPhoneHome
Drupal
mediaWiki
phpBB
phpWiki
ApachePHP
phpPgAdmin
Postgres Plus HQ
xDB Replica. Server
PL/Secure
Migration Toolkit
pgAgent Jobs
PgBouncer
pgmemcache library
MySQL Migration
.NET Connector
pgJDBC Connector
psqlODBC Conn.
Tuning Wizard
Slony-I Replication
PostGIS GeoSpatial
pgPhoneHome
Drupal
mediaWiki
phpBB
phpWiki
ApachePHP
phpPgAdmin
Postgres Plus HQ
xDB Replica. Server
(use EDB*Wrap)
Migration Toolkit
pgAgent Jobs
PgBouncer
pgmemcache library
MySQL Migration
.NET Connector
pgJDBC Connector
psqlODBC Conn.
(use DynaTune)
Slony-I Replication
PostGIS GeoSpatial
pgPhoneHome
Drupal
mediaWiki
phpBB
phpWiki
ApachePHP
phpPgAdmin