Best Microsoft SQL Server Alternatives (60)

CockroachDB

Freemium

CockroachDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that scales horizontally with high availability to tolerate failures and supports strongly consistent …

CouchDB

Open Source

CouchDB is an open-source NoSQL document-oriented database that focuses on ease of use and scalability. It uses JSON documents and …

Apache Cassandra

Apache Cassandra is a free, open-source, distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many …

MariaDB

Open Source

MariaDB is an open source relational database management system, created as a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It is developed by …

MySQL Community Edition

MySQL Community Edition is a free, open source relational database management system. It is a popular option for web applications …

MongoDB

MongoDB is a popular open-source, document-oriented NoSQL database. It stores data in flexible, JSON-like documents, rather than rows and columns …

SQLite

SQLite is a relational database management system contained in a C library. It is a popular choice as an embedded …

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an open source, object-relational database management system known for its reliability, performance, and SQL compliance. It runs on …

DeepDB

DeepDB is a database management system that uses artificial intelligence and deep learning techniques to optimize queries, index data automatically, …

VoltDB

VoltDB is an in-memory SQL database designed for fast data ingestion and low latency query processing. It is optimized for …

NuoDB

NuoDB is a distributed SQL database that provides scalability and high availability for cloud applications. It uses a tiered approach …

DbGate

DbGate is a database client tool that allows you to easily manage multiple databases from one interface. It supports connecting …

H2 Database Engine

H2 is an open-source relational database management system written in Java. It can be embedded in Java applications or run …

EdgeDB

EdgeDB is an open-source object-relational database management system designed for graph-like data models. It features a declarative query language based …

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service created by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It offers the performance and …

Titan Database

Titan is an open-source, distributed graph database optimized for storing and querying graphs containing hundreds of billions of vertices and …

VistaDB

VistaDB is an embedded database for .NET applications. It is ACID-compliant and provides SQL access without requiring any database drivers …

Database Labs

Database Labs is a cloud-based database platform that allows users to easily create, manage, and analyze databases. It provides an …

Clustrix

Clustrix is a distributed SQL database optimized for analytic workloads. It provides high performance and linear scalability across on-prem and …

HSQLDB

HSQLDB is a relational database management system written in Java. It supports embedded and server modes, ACID transactions, standard SQL, …

Matisse

Matisse is a vector graphics editor for Windows that allows users to create digital illustrations, animations, icons, logos, diagrams, and …

SQLGate

SQLGate is a database administration and development tool used for managing SQL Server databases. It provides a graphical interface for …

RethinkDB

RethinkDB is an open-source, distributed JSON document database that focuses on easy scalability and high availability. It has an intuitive …

Action PSQL

Action PSQL is a SQL Editor for PostgreSQL and other databases. It provides an integrated development environment for writing, testing, …

Sybase Advantage Database Server

Sybase Advantage Database Server is a high-performance relational database management system optimized for embedding in applications. It provides ACID compliance, …

Polyhedra RDBMS

Polyhedra is an open-source relational database management system focused on high availability and scalability for cloud and distributed applications. It …

IBM DB2

IBM DB2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by IBM. It supports advanced database features like row-level locking, …

Starcounter

Starcounter is an in-memory database platform for developing high-performance web applications. It uses a shared-nothing architecture to distribute data across …

Mimer SQL

Mimer SQL is an SQL database management system developed by Mimer Information Technology. It is optimized for small footprint and …

MemSQL

MemSQL is a distributed, in-memory relational database that combines high-performance analytics and transactional processing in a single database. It aims …

Postgres-XC

Postgres-XC is an open source, shared-nothing clustering extension for PostgreSQL. It provides horizontal scalability across multiple nodes for handling large …

Oracle Database

Oracle Database is a proprietary relational database management system developed and marketed by Oracle Corporation. It is a multi-model database …

OrbitDB

OrbitDB is a decentralized peer-to-peer database that allows developers to build decentralized applications. It works on top of IPFS, providing …

PlanetScale

PlanetScale is a database platform designed for serverless applications. It is MySQL compatible, provides auto-scaling, multi-region replication, and aims to …

Apache HBase

Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational database modeled after Google's Bigtable. It is written in Java and provides …

Database .NET

Database .NET is an open source ORM framework for .NET that provides an abstraction layer over databases like SQL Server, …

Oracle TimesTen

Oracle TimesTen is an in-memory, relational database that is optimized for performance-critical applications. It provides fast access to frequently updated …

MarkLogic

MarkLogic is an Enterprise NoSQL database that combines database, search, and application services in a unified platform. It is designed …

SAP HANA

SAP HANA is an in-memory, column-oriented, relational database management system developed and marketed by SAP SE. It is designed to …

BitcoinJS

BitcoinJS is a JavaScript library for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency applications. It allows developers to create wallet functionality, build transactions, sign …

UnQLite

UnQLite is an embedded NoSQL (Key/Value store and Document-store) database engine. It is a simple, fast, and lightweight key/value database …

Couchbase

Couchbase is an open source, distributed multi-model NoSQL document-oriented database that is designed for performance, scalability, and availability. It enables …

IBM Lotus Approach

IBM Lotus Approach is a database software that combines relational database capabilities with integrated office productivity tools. It allows users …

Frontbase

Frontbase is an open-source relational database management system. It is lightweight, embeddable into applications, and offers SQL support along with …

ScimoreDB

ScimoreDB is an open-source NoSQL document database that is optimized for storing and analyzing scientific data. It provides advanced analytics …

Datomic

Datomic is a distributed database designed to enable scalable, flexible and intelligent applications. It uses Datalog and transaction processing to …

CUBRID Database

CUBRID is an open-source relational database management system focused on high performance, availability, scalability, and flexibility. It supports SQL standards …

SAP MaxDB

SAP MaxDB is a database management system developed by SAP SE. It is used for SAP applications and can be …