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## Why PostgreSQL? An Overview of the Features that Make PostgreSQL Unique

### Discover some of the essential features of PostgreSQL that can help your business today.

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language combined with many features that safely store and scale the most complicated data workloads.

Watch this quick video to learn more about how you can leverage the essential features of PostgreSQL.

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