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Why would literally anyone pay for any RDBMS when Postgres is rock solid and free?
Why would literally anyone pay for any RDBMS when Postgres is rock solid and free?

I know you can still pay for Postgres HOSTING. But I am talking about the RDBMS software itself. It is free. Unlike other solutions (looking at you Microsoft SQL Server)

Please help me understand. Why would any organization with decent IT knowledge pay for any relational database software when Postgres is pretty much the best, easiest to use, fast and with less "weird quirks" of them all?

Is this just a "CEO vendor lock in mentality" thing?