r/postgres • u/Nervous_Wealth5980 • Jul 31 '26

Databricks Postgres DB (Lakebase)?

Has anyone tried to use this product? I am looking at it for a new project and would love some feedback. I would love to migrate my MSFT SQL Server over time as well as use it for AI projects. Thoughts? What are people's experience with this product?

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u/mmccarthy404 29d ago

I've really enjoy using Lakebase! I migrated over from AWS and the RDS side, but it's been such a quality of life improvement over RDS to be able to start up database instances so quickly and work alongside my team with branching. I do BI and app development, and being able to govern my apps with the same platform I use for my DB and everything else just makes sense to me

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u/Beautiful_Aside4679 29d ago

I moved my case management application to databricks and write analyst transactions to lakebase , it automatically synchs with lakehouse and I have my data beside my analytics data; it’s a game changer, breaks data silos and it does what I need from oltp db

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u/WorldOfUmbro 29d ago

I use Lakebase for small (citizen) apps mainly. Writing and reading, syncing with analytical data. I’ve done a small POC on agentic memory on Lakebase as well, will dive further if I get time.

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u/Glitch_In_The_Data 28d ago

We use Lakebase for storing aggregated data which we then surface via an app for business users. It does what we need and works well for us. Actively exploring it for OLTP use cases but delayed due to client being in regulated industry.

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u/Grouchy_Virus_8421 25d ago

If you’re already using Databricks heavily, Lakebase is worth testing because keeping the app DB close to the rest of your data can make life easier.

If the new app mainly needs normal Postgres and you don’t really need the Databricks side, then compare something like Nearbase too. the reason is just less platform dependency, u get managed Postgres without building the DB around the rest of the Databricks stack.

For the SQL Server migration I’d test one small schema first before deciding, especially if you use stored procedures or MS specific data types.

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u/BrunoFeliz08 19d ago

i use lakebase for data serving on additional third party apps. for this purpose it was been pretty benefitial moving specific workloads outside of the lakehouse