Prominent Users
- Yahoo! for web user behavioral analysis, storing two petabytes and claimed to be the largest data warehouse using a heavily modified version of PostgreSQL with an entirely different column-based storage engine and different query processing layer. While for performance, storage, and query purposes the database bears little resemblance to PostgreSQL, the front-end maintains compatibility so that Yahoo can use many off-the-shelf tools already written to interact with PostgreSQL.
- In 2009, social networking website MySpace used Aster Data Systems's nCluster database for data warehousing, which was built on unmodified PostgreSQL.
- State Farm uses PostgreSQL on their Aster Data Systems's nCluster Analytics server.
- Geni.com uses PostgreSQL for their main genealogy database.
- OpenStreetMap, a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.
- Afilias, domain registries for .org, .info and others.
- Sony Online multiplayer online games.
- BASF, shopping platform for their agribusiness portal.
- Reddit social news website.
- Skype VoIP application, central business databases.
- Sun xVM, Sun's virtualization and datacenter automation suite.
- MusicBrainz, open online music encyclopedia.
- International Space Station for collecting telemetry data in orbit and replicating it to the ground.
- MyYearbook social networking site.
- Heroku, a cloud PaaS provider offering PostgreSQL-as-a-service.
- Instagram, a popular mobile photo sharing service
- HoldEmManager, a texas hold 'em and omaha tracking software
- PokerTracker, a texas hold 'em and omaha tracking software
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