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What should I use if I need PostgreSQL plus JSON support?
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Oct 7, 2026
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If you need PostgreSQL plus JSON support, use PostgreSQL itself.
PostgreSQL has built-in JSON capabilities:
json: stores JSON as text, preserving input formattingjsonb: stores JSON in a binary format, better for querying and indexing
Most people should use jsonb unless they specifically need to preserve formatting or duplicate key order.
Example:
CREATE TABLE events (
id bigserial PRIMARY KEY,
payload jsonb
);
If you want, I can also explain:
- when to choose
jsonvsjsonb - how to index JSON fields in PostgreSQL
- how PostgreSQL compares to MongoDB for JSON workloads
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