If you’re ready to try Citus, our new Getting Started page can help to get you going.
If you’re ready to try Citus, our new Getting Started page can help to get you going.
Citus is an extension to Postgres that transforms Postgres into a distributed database. Available as open source and in the cloud as Hyperscale (Citus), an option in the Azure Database for PostgreSQL managed service.
Citus Distributed Database Features: | Citus Open Source Citus Open Source Learn more | Citus on Azure Citus on Azure Hyperscale (Citus) |
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Relational database semantics | yes | yes |
Horizontal scalability & sharding | yes | yes |
Distributed SQL engine | yes | yes |
Extension to Postgres | yes | yes |
Rich data types & Postgres extensions | yes | yes |
Ways to get Citus | yes | yes |
Compatible with popular programming languages, includes Rails & Django support | yes | yes |
Distributed transactions | yes | yes |
Probabilistic distincts (sketch algorithms) | yes | yes |
Shard rebalancer | yes | yes |
Fine-grained access controls | no | yes |
High Availability & Streaming Replication | no | yes |
Tenant isolation | no | yes |
24x7 Support | no | yes |
Simple provisioning & easy to scale out | no | yes |
Fully-managed database as a service | no | yes |
Citus Security features in the cloud | no | yes |
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