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I genuinely wonder why people use SQL Server, is it just because of the active directory integration? Just because microsoft says so?

I mean, its a lot more expensive than Postgres for very very little benefit. Like what exactly is the value proposition? Is it saving developer time? faster? I guess none of those

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20 years ago, I was a massive Postgres fan and I still am, but I bought and used SQL server for production systems - it was better (particularly in replication), and more importantly had better support as in being on the phone with the lead dev type support.

Today I have no idea about SQL server but if the support is as good today as it was back then it can be worth it.

Back in the day (2000s) if you were a .NET shop it made sense as the providers for anything else were not as good. And probably you are more likely to get those skills over Postgres. And Postgres was a lot more early.

These days a I am not so sure what the case would be other than legacy or very occasionally some feature only SQL Server has. AD would be a big one.

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