Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

PostgREST as a Service is a platform that automatically generates a REST API from a PostgreSQL database. It targets developers and teams who want to quickly expose their database functionality through standard HTTP… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PostgREST as a Service launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Supabase▲2,325

   The Postgres developer platform is now generally available

   2024 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PostgREST API in Rust (Supports PG/MySQL/SQLite/ClickHouse)▲33

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3PN
   PostgresML, now with analytics and project management▲444

   We've been hard at work for a few weeks and thought it's time for another update. In case you missed our first post, PostgresML is an end-to-end machine learning solution, running alongside your favorite database. This time we have more of a suite offering: project management, visibility into the datasets and the deployment pipeline decision making. Let us know what you think! Demo link is on the page, and also here: https://demo.postgresml.org

   2022 · postgresml.org · its alternatives →

4. 4QG
   Quickly generate REST API (for Postgres db)▲70

   2019 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Postgres.js – Fastest Full-Featured PostgreSQL Client for Node and Deno▲257

   Postgres.js - The Fastest full featured PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun and CloudFlare - porsager/postgres

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue▲376

   PgQueuer is a Python job queue that uses PostgreSQL for everything — queue storage, locking, notifications. No Redis, no RabbitMQ, no separate broker to operate. If your app already has Postgres, you already have the broker. After ~2 years and 26 minor releases, 1.0 ships today as the first stable release. Strict semver from here on. Thanks to everyone who contributed and left feedback!

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Hasura – Fast, instant GraphQL APIs on Postgres▲382

   Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. - hasura/graphql-engine

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   GraphQL for Postgres▲195

   GraphQL for Postgres. Contribute to solidsnack/GraphpostgresQL development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407

   Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

   2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    pREST▲93

    low-code, instant, realtime, high-performance on PostgreSQL

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Serverless PostgreSQL Platform by Xata▲152

    Postgres, powered up

    2024 · xata.io · its alternatives →

12. 12DL
    Database Labs – Postgres as a Service▲46

    Prices for Postgresql Database as a Service in Google Cloud, Amazon, and DigitalOcean.

    2014 · databaselabs.io · its alternatives →

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    Serve▲69

    Generate REST API endpoints through a low-code platform

    2022 · withserve.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Postgres as a VectorDB GUI▲162

    Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PostgresML▲106

    You know Postgres, now you know machine learning

    2023 · postgresml.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hydra 1.0 – open-source column-oriented Postgres▲269

    hi hn, hydra ceo here hydra is an open source, column-oriented postgres. you can set up remarkably fast aggregates on your project in minutes to query billions of rows instantly. postgres is great, but aggregates can take minutes to hours to return results on large data sets. long-running analytical queries hog database resources and degrade performance. use hydra to run much faster analytics on postgres without making code changes. data is automatically loaded into columnar format and compressed. connect to hydra with your preferred postgres client (psql, dbeaver, etc). following 4 months…

    2023 · hydra-so.notion.site · its alternatives →

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    Realtime Postgres▲62

    Broadcast, Presence, and Postgres Changes via WebSockets - supabase/realtime

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pg_replicate – Build Postgres replication applications in Rust▲216

    A high-performance Postgres replication engine written in Rust. Embed it in your Rust application or run it as a standalone binary. - supabase/etl

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PC
    PGBackup.com, Postgres backup as a service▲46

    2016 · pgbackup.com · its alternatives →

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    PeerDB▲110

    Fast, native ETL for Postgres

    2023 · peerdb.io · its alternatives →

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    PgCat, Postgres pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover▲233

    PostgreSQL pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover support. - postgresml/pgcat

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    StackGres: open-source Postgres-aaS on Kubernetes with 120 Extensions▲54

    StackGres is a fully-featured platform for running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes. Deploy in minutes an Enterprise-Grade Postgres-as-a-Service, in your infrastructure. 100% Open Source.

    2021 · stackgres.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Postgres Playground▲161

    Hands-on tutorials to learn Postgres

    2022 · crunchydata.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Prostgles▲62

    Isomorphic TypeScript client for PostgreSQL with replication

    2020 · prostgles.com · its alternatives →

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