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title: "YugabyteDB: High-Performing Distributed SQL Database"
description: YugabyteDB powers business-critical apps with a resilient, scalable database offering flexible geo-distribution and PostgreSQL-compatible APIs.
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# YugabyteDB: Distributed PostgreSQL for Modern Apps
Run your business-critical applications on a distributed database with built-in resilience, seamless scalability, and flexible geo-distribution using PostgreSQL-compatible and Cassandra-inspired APIs.
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## Why YugabyteDB?
YugabyteDB
Strong consistency
ACID transactions
Relational data model
Horizontal scalability
Built-in resilience
Geo-distribution
Native replication
Ease of use
Open source
Multi-API (YSQL / YCQL)
No cloud lock in
Legacy RDBMS
Strong consistency
ACID transactions
Relational data model
Manual sharding
Bolt-on replication
No geo-distribution
Non-Relational DBMS
Horizontal scalability
Native replication
Geo-distribution
Eventual consistency
No ACID transactions
No relational data model
Cloud Provider DBMS
Ease of use
Resilience
Data consistency
Cloud lock-in
Proprietary
Limited geo-distribution
Improve developer productivity, reduce operational costs, and lower organizational risk with YugabyteDB.
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## Simplify Your Application Architecture
Scaling legacy databases is hard work. Caches, sharding layers, load balancers, and connection poolers make your application architecture complex.
Scaling limits that restrict growth
Expensive scaling operations
Complex connection pooling
Manual implementation of high availability
External load balancer maintenance
Inherently complex architecture
YugabyteDB is a distributed database that automatically shards, replicates, and distributes data for dynamic, on-demand scaling.
Infinite horizontal scalability
Lower-cost, automated, on-demand scaling
Complex connection pooling
Manual implementation of high availability
External load balancer maintenance
Inherently complex architecture
YugabyteDB’s built-in connection manager eliminates the need for an external connection pool, scaling connections as you add nodes.
Infinite horizontal scalability
Lower-cost, automated, on-demand scaling
Simple, built-in connection pooling
Manual implementation of high availability
External load balancer maintenance
Inherently complex architecture
YugabyteDB topology-aware smart drivers eliminate the need for a load balancer and can dynamically adapt to environment changes.
Infinite horizontal scalability
Lower-cost, automated, on-demand scaling
Simple, built-in connection pooling
Built-in resilience and high availability
No load balancer maintenance required
Inherently complex architecture
YugabyteDB provides advanced vector indexing capabilities that support enterprise-grade, ultra-resilient RAG and GenAI applications.
Easily manage 100s of millions of vectors
Ultra-low-latency vector query response times
Even distribution of vector indexes across clusters
Perform vector similarity searches using SQL
Build with YugabyteDB MCP Server
Integrations with LangChain, OLLama, LlamaIndex, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI
In sum, YugabyteDB simplifies the app architecture turning PostgreSQL weaknesses into strengths.
Infinite horizontal scalability
Lower-cost, automated, on-demand scaling
Simple, built-in connection pooling
Built-in resilience and high availability
No load balancer maintenance required
A simple, unified architecture
YugabyteDB Features
Multi-Cloud
Seamlessly operate across public, private, and hybrid clouds to ensure flexibility and avoid vendor lock-in.
Multi-API
Select a familiar PostgreSQL API or an enhanced Cassandra-inspired API.
Connection Management
Boost connection creation by 20x and support 5x more connections with built-in connection pooling.
Observability
Get real-time access to consolidated monitoring and alerts for database clusters on any cloud.
Geo-Distribution
Globally distribute data using flexible design patterns that support synchronous or asynchronous replication.
No-Hassle Upgrades
Effortlessly upgrade your infrastructure and databases without disruption.
Tunable Backups
Automate your daily data backups, customizing frequency and retention as needed.
Native Security
Secure your data with end-to-end encryption, advanced authentication, and a security-first design.
## See YugabyteDB in Action
How fast can you deploy YugabyteDB across multiple regions?
Here’s the scenario: You’re an engineer who needs to deploy a multi-region, geo-partitioned cluster to move data closer to users, lower latency, enhance performance, and comply with data residency regulations across the US and Europe.
Let’s Do It!
This demo features YugabyteDB’s fully-managed, multi-cloud DBaaS. Get a free account and start exploring in minutes. [Sign Up](https://cloud.yugabyte.com/signup)
## Deployment Choices
Choose the YugabyteDB database-as-a-service deployment option that best matches your business needs.
Fully Managed(YugabyteDB Aeon)
YUGABYTE MANAGES
- Data operations
- Network and security
- Server and storage
YOUR DATA LIVES IN
- Yugabyte public cloud environment
Co-Managed
YOU MANAGE
- Data location
YUGABYTE MANAGES
- Database operations
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
- Network and security
- Server and storage
Self Managed(YugabyteDB Anywhere)
YOU MANAGE
- Data location
- Network and security
- Server and storage
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
- Database operations
Simplicity
Flexibility
[Compare Options](https://www.yugabyte.com/compare-products/#deployment-choices)
## Customer Success Stories
 The core capabilities of YugabyteDB allow us to easily scale and improve our reliability and performance without the tradeoffs of time and effort required by legacy solutions. Jake Roersma, VP of Platform Engineering **#1** Category-leading CASB solution **1M+** SASE users
 YugabyteDB stood out with its unparalleled Postgres compatibility and distributed architecture, which was crucial for us in handling ACID transactions within our financial payment systems. Nico Miebach, Cloud Full Stack Engineer **3+** Regions supported by geo-partitioning **0** Downtime with continuous availability across regions
 YugabyteDB addressed the challenges of developer support, scalability and resilience, operational efficiency, platform security, and cost savings for both us and our clients. Manoj Mathew, Chief Technical Architect **3M** Monthly customer walk-ins **130K** Different retail points supported
 Kroger took the time to convince ourselves that all the features we needed were available from Yugabyte and that it meets our needs. Mahesh Tyagarajan, VP Engineering **\>5,000** Cores in production **\<10ms** Database latency
 YugabyteDB is a solid technical choice that meets all of our key requirements, including massive scale, high performance, low latency reads, and cloud native out-of-the-box. James Hartig, Co-Founder **x3** Better Performance **7K** Operations per second
[Read All Stories](https://www.yugabyte.com/success-stories/)
## FAQ
How does YugabyteDB compare to PostgreSQL?
YugabyteDB re-uses the upper half of PostgreSQL, enabling advanced features and a seamless transition to distributed SQL. Beneath this familiar API layer, YugabyteDB’s new, distributed transactional storage layer seamlessly balances data across cluster nodes. It’s PostgreSQL for the cloud native era.
What makes YugabyteDB unique?
YugabyteDB is the only 100% open source, multi-cloud, multi-API, distributed SQL database. It delivers a relational database with added on-demand scaling, built-in resilience, and versatile deployments. It’s unified architecture natively distributes data and supports multiple APIs (PostgreSQL and Cassandra). It can run on any cloud and offers synchronous and asynchronous replication capabilities.
When is YugabyteDB a good fit?
YugabyteDB is a modern transactional database for business-critical applications. Customers turn to YugabyteDB when facing scalability limitations or availability needs that PostgreSQL or other monolithic databases can’t meet. Cassandra users seeking cost reductions and efficiency improvements choose YugabyteDB to significantly lower hardware expenses associated with Cassandra and streamline their database portfolio.
How can I deploy YugabyteDB?
YugabyteDB offers a range of deployment options to suit diverse infrastructure needs and preferences. You can deploy it as a fully managed DBaaS on your preferred cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). You can also deploy it as a self-managed DBaaS on public clouds, on-premises, or in a hybrid setup. Additionally, YugabyteDB can be installed on VMs, containers, or bare-metal systems.
Is YugabyteDB really open source?
Yes, like PostgreSQL, the YugabyteDB database is 100% open source under the Apache 2.0 license and is available for download on Github. Our commercial DBaaS solutions include support and a powerful control plane for easy deployment and scalable management.
Contact our database experts if you have any further questions.
[Contact Us](https://www.yugabyte.com/contact/)
## Resources
Find all the resources you need to bring your vision to life.
Developer Hub [Explore tutorials, sample apps, and webinars](https://www.yugabyte.com/developers-hub/)
Documentation [Explore the Yugabyte database documentation](https://docs.yugabyte.com/)
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