PostgreSQL vs SQLite
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
PostgreSQL · SQLite · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
6
0
Open Page Rank 8+
74
0
Open Page Rank 7+
226
1
Open Page Rank 6+
369
1
Open Page Rank 5+
556
2
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
PostgreSQL · SQLite · share of sites in each country using one or the other
France
2,579
1
Belgium
2,286
1
United States
2,245
3
Spain
1,859
0
India
1,765
2
Mexico
1,545
0
Germany
1,464
0
Indonesia
1,231
0
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | PostgreSQL | SQLite |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.7 s | 1.3 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 62 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 | 0 |
| TTFB | 700 ms | 500 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.