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Version features

PostgreSQL 18

Feature	Cluster series	High-availability edition		Basic edition
Feature	Subscription/pay-as-you-go	Subscription/pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/pay-as-you-go	Serverless
One-click migration to cloud	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Major version upgrade	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Minor version upgrade	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Create instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify configurations	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Reboot instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change RCU scaling range	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Set automatic instance start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Change instance elasticity policy	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/standby failover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Set maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Set automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Migrate availability zone	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Release instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Set instance parameters	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View or modify data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Instance recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Read-only instances	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Create account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Join to self-managed AD domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lock or delete account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View or modify endpoints and ports	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change network type	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Switch vSwitch	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Create database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage alarms	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security allowlist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Configure allowlist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Fully Encrypted Database	✔️	Non-security-enhanced instances: ✔️ Security-enhanced instances: ❌	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (Database Audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Download backups	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Delete backups	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data recovery	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore databases or tables	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region recovery	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Create tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 17

Feature	Cluster series	High-availability series		Basic series
Feature	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless
One-click deployment	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade major database version	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Upgrade minor kernel version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Create instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify configuration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Restart instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify resource scaling range (RCU)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Configure automatic instance start/stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Modify instance scaling policy	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/standby switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Configure maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change availability zone	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Release instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable/disable instance release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Configure instance parameters	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View and modify data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Instance recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Read-only instance	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Create account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect RDS for PostgreSQL to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lock/delete account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to a PostgreSQL instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable/disable public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage internal and public endpoints and ports	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change network type	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Change vSwitch	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Create database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage alerts	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security IP whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Configure IP whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Fully encrypted database	✔️	Standard instance: ✔️ Security-enhanced instance: ❌	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (Database Audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Download backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Delete backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore databases and tables	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Create tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 16

Feature	Cluster	High-availability		Basic
Feature	Subscription/On-demand	Subscription/On-demand	Serverless	Subscription/On-demand	Serverless
One-click cloud migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade major engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade minor engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Create an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify specifications	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Restart an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify resource scaling range (RCU)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Configure automatic instance start/stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Modify instance scaling policy	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Set a maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Migrate to another availability zone	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Release an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Set parameters	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Query and modify data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Read-only instances	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Create an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset a password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Join a self-managed AD domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lock or delete an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable a public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View or modify endpoints and ports	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change network type	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Switch vSwitch	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Create a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage alerts	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Configure whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Fully encrypted database	✔️	Non-security-enhanced instance: ✔️ Security-enhanced instance: ❌	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Explorer (database audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Back up data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backups	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Download backups	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Delete backups	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore databases or tables	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Create tags	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete tags	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 15

Feature	Cluster edition	High-availability edition		Basic edition
Feature	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless
One-click deployment	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade major database version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade minor kernel version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Create instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify configuration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Restart instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify resource scaling range (RCU)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Configure automatic start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Modify instance autoscaling policy	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Manual or automatic primary/standby switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Set maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change availability zone	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Release instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Set instance parameters	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View and modify data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Instance recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Read replica	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Create account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to a self-managed AD domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lock/delete account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to a PostgreSQL instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View or modify endpoints and ports	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change network type	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Change vSwitch	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Create database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage alerts	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security IP whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Configure IP whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL/TLS encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Always Encrypted database	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database Audit	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Download backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore databases/tables	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Create tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 14

Feature	Cluster edition	High-availability edition		Basic edition
Feature	Subscription / pay-as-you-go	Subscription / pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription / pay-as-you-go	Serverless
One-click cloud migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade major database version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade minor kernel version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Create an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify configuration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Restart an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify the RCU scaling range	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Configure automatic start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Modify instance elasticity policy	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual failover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Configure a maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Configure automatic storage scaling	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change the availability zone	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Release an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable instance release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Configure instance parameters	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View and modify the data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Instance recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Read-only instance	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Create an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset a password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lock or delete an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable the public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View or modify internal and public endpoints and ports	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change the network type	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Change the vSwitch	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Create a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify the time zone	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
View enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage alerts	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security allowlist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Configure an allowlist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Encrypted Database	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL audit	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Back up data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Download backups	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete backups	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore databases or tables	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Create tags	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete tags	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 13

Feature	High-availability series	Basic series
One-click deployment	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️
Major version upgrade	✔️	✔️
Minor version upgrade	✔️	✔️
Create instance	✔️	✔️
Modify configuration	✔️	✔️
Reboot instance	✔️	✔️
Modify scaling range (RCU)	❌	❌
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌
Modify scaling policy	❌	❌
Primary/standby switchover	✔️	❌
Maintenance window	✔️	✔️
Auto storage scaling	✔️	✔️
Migrate availability zone	✔️	✔️
Release instance	✔️	✔️
Termination protection	✔️	✔️
Set instance parameters	✔️	✔️
Data replication mode	✔️	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS for PostgreSQL	✔️	✔️
Read-only instance	✔️	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	✔️	❌
Create account	✔️	✔️
Reset password	✔️	✔️
AD integration	✔️	✔️
Lock/delete account	✔️	✔️
Connect to instance	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint	✔️	✔️
Endpoint and port management	✔️	✔️
Change network type	❌	❌
Switch vSwitch	✔️	✔️
Create database	✔️	✔️
Delete database	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️
Enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️
Alarm management	✔️	✔️
High-security mode	❌	❌
IP whitelist	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️
Disk encryption	✔️	✔️
Fully Encrypted Database	✔️	✔️
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (Database Audit)	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️
Data backup	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️
High-frequency snapshot	✔️	✔️
Download backup	✔️	✔️
Delete backup	✔️	✔️
Restore from backup	✔️	✔️
Database/table-level recovery	✔️	✔️
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	❌
Create tag	✔️	✔️
Delete tag	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 12 and 11

Feature	High-availability edition	Basic edition
Migrate to cloud	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️
Upgrade major database version	✔️	✔️
Upgrade minor kernel version	✔️	✔️
Create instance	✔️	✔️
Change configuration	✔️	✔️
Restart instance	✔️	✔️
Modify RCU scaling range	❌	❌
Configure automatic instance start/stop	❌	❌
Modify instance elasticity policy	❌	❌
Automatic or manual primary/standby switchover	✔️	❌
Set maintenance window	✔️	✔️
Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️
Change availability zone	✔️	✔️
Release instance	✔️	✔️
Enable/disable release protection	✔️	✔️
Set instance parameters	✔️	✔️
Query and modify data replication mode	✔️	❌
Instance recycle bin	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for PostgreSQL	❌	❌
Read-only instance	✔️	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	✔️	❌
Create account	✔️	✔️
Reset password	✔️	✔️
Connect RDS for PostgreSQL to self-managed AD domain	✔️	✔️
Lock/delete account	✔️	✔️
Connect to a PostgreSQL instance	✔️	✔️
Enable or disable public endpoint	✔️	✔️
View or modify internal/public endpoints and ports	✔️	✔️
Change network type	❌	❌
Switch vSwitch	✔️	✔️
Create database	✔️	✔️
Delete database	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️
View enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️
Manage alerts	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security whitelist mode	❌	❌
Set IP whitelist	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️
Fully encrypted database	✔️	✔️
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️
SQL audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️
Back up data	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️
High-frequency snapshot backup	✔️	✔️
Download backup	✔️	✔️
Delete backup	✔️	✔️
Restore data	✔️	✔️
Restore databases/tables	✔️	✔️
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	❌
Create tag	✔️	✔️
Delete tag	✔️	✔️

Feature overview of previous versions

PostgreSQL 10

Feature	PostgreSQL 10
	High-availability edition (high-performance local disk)	High-availability edition (cloud disk)	Basic edition (cloud disk)
	High-availability edition (high-performance local disk)	High-availability edition (cloud disk)	Basic edition (cloud disk)
One-click Cloud Migration	❌	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data subscription	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade major database version	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade minor kernel version	✔️	✔️	✔️
Create instance	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restart instance	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify RCU scaling range	❌	❌	❌
Configure automatic instance start and stop	❌	❌	❌
Modify instance elastic policy	❌	❌	❌
Manual or automatic primary/standby switchover	✔️	✔️	❌
Set maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable automatic storage expansion	❌	✔️	✔️
Migrate availability zone	✔️	✔️	✔️
Release instance	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enable/disable release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️
Set instance parameters	✔️	✔️	✔️
Set instance protection level	❌	✔️	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌
Read-only instance	✔️	✔️	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌
Create account	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset password	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect RDS for PostgreSQL to a self-managed AD domain	❌	✔️	✔️
Lock/delete account	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connect to a PostgreSQL instance	✔️	✔️	✔️
Allocate or release public IP address	✔️	✔️	✔️
View/modify internal and public IP addresses and ports	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change network type	✔️	❌	❌
Switch vSwitch	❌	✔️	✔️
Create database	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete database	✔️	✔️	✔️
Modify time zone	❌	✔️	✔️
Manage extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️
View enhanced monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️
Manage alerts	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switch to high-security IP whitelist mode	✔️	❌	❌
Set IP whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	❌	✔️	✔️
Cloud disk encryption	❌	✔️	✔️
Fully encrypted database	❌	✔️	❌
TDE	❌	✔️	✔️
SQL audit (Database Audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task center	✔️	✔️	✔️
Back up data	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	✔️
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	✔️
Download backup	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete backup	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore data	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restore databases or tables	❌	✔️	✔️
Cross-region restore	✔️	✔️	✔️
DAS	✔️	✔️	❌
Create tag	✔️	✔️	✔️
Delete tag	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 9.4

Category	Feature	High-availability edition (high-performance local disk)
Instance management	Create instance	✔️
	Modify configuration	❌
	Set instance parameters	✔️
	View and modify data replication mode	❌
	Migrate availability zone	✔️
	Primary/standby switchover	✔️
	Restart instance	✔️
	Set maintenance window	✔️
	Upgrade major database version	✔️
	Release instance	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️
Account management	Create account	✔️
	Reset password	✔️
	Lock account	✔️
	Delete account	✔️
Database management	Create database	✔️
	Delete database	✔️
	Manage extensions	✔️
Database connection	Connect to a PostgreSQL instance	✔️
	Set connection address	✔️
	View connection address/port	✔️
	Allocate or release public IP address	✔️
Monitoring and alerts	View resource and engine monitoring	✔️
	Set monitoring frequency	✔️
	Manage alerts	✔️
Network management	Change network type	✔️
Network management	Switch vSwitch	❌
Read-only instance	Create read-only instance	❌
Security management	Set IP whitelist	✔️
	Enable SSL encryption	❌
	Enable cloud disk encryption	❌
	Switch to high-security IP whitelist mode	✔️
	Fully encrypted database	✔️
Logs/Event history	Log management	✔️
Logs/Event history	Event history	✔️
Database backup	Back up data	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️
	Free quota	✔️
	Download backup	✔️
Database restore	Restore data	❌
Database restore	Cross-region restore	❌
Logical subscription	Logical subscription	❌
Tag management	Create tag	✔️
	Delete tag	✔️
	Filter instances by tag	✔️