Two main battery types dominate passenger vehicles: traditional flooded lead-acid and absorbed glass mat (AGM). The wrong type for your vehicle leads to premature failure and roadside calls.
Flooded batteries are the legacy standard. Cheaper, more forgiving of charging variations, fine for conventional vehicles without start-stop systems. Most cars built before 2010 used flooded batteries.
AGM batteries are required for vehicles with start-stop systems (which cycle the battery dozens of times per drive), modern luxury cars with high parasitic draws, and any vehicle the manufacturer specifies. AGM handles deep cycling far better than flooded.
Replacing an AGM with a flooded battery to save money is false economy. The start-stop system rapidly cycles the flooded battery, killing it in months. You'll be back at the parts store within a year — and possibly the side of the road.
Check your current battery's label. If it says AGM, replace with AGM. If it says flooded, you can use either but AGM lasts longer.