# Plpgsql

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/plpgsql
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/plpgsql.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/plpgsql/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://postgresql.org
- **Slug:** plpgsql
- **Categories:** developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** It provides a seamless, high-performance integration of procedural logic directly inside the PostgreSQL kernel, modeled after the industry-standard Oracle PL/SQL.
Source: Brand's website (https://postgresql.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** PL/pgSQL (Procedural Language/PostgreSQL) is a loadable procedural language for the PostgreSQL database system. It adds control structures to the SQL language, such as loops and conditionals, allowing for complex computations and the creation of stored procedures and triggers directly within the database engine.
Source: Brand's website (https://postgresql.org) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:** PL/pgSQL language implementation within PostgreSQL database engine.
Source: Brand's website (https://postgresql.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Free (Open Source - PostgreSQL License)
Source: Brand's website (https://postgresql.org) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Database Administrators, Backend Developers, Data Engineers, Enterprise IT.
Source: Brand's website (https://postgresql.org) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Oracle PL/SQL
  - T-SQL (Transact-SQL)
  - MySQL Stored Procedures
  - SQL PL
Source: Brand's website (https://postgresql.org) · 2026-10-04

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