Top RDBMS Software for DataBase

Between them, the 24 best-ranked of these 40 RDBMS software cover SQL (23), backup and recovery (7), multiple programming languages supported (6) and performance analysis (6). 24 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   SQL Server

   Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis · SQL

   Microsoft SQL Server is a proprietary relational database that runs on Windows and Linux, sold in Express, Developer, Standard and Enterprise editions.

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   IBM Db2

   Database Conversion · SQL · Relational

   IBM Db2 is a proprietary relational database that covers transactional, analytical and vector workloads, offered self-managed, in containers and as a managed service.

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   SQLite

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · SQL

   SQLite is a public-domain embedded SQL database library that keeps a whole database in a single file, used inside applications rather than as a separate server.

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   PostgreSQL

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

   PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database server with SQL support, built by a volunteer group for teams that run it themselves or buy it as a managed service.

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   MariaDB

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

   MariaDB is a GPL relational database that began as a community alternative to MySQL, maintained by the MariaDB Foundation with commercial support from MariaDB plc.

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   SingleStore

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

   SingleStore is a distributed SQL database for combined transactional and analytical workloads, sold as a managed cloud, self-managed and bring-your-own-cloud product.

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7. 7

   M

   MySQL

   SQL

   MySQL is a relational database server owned by Oracle, available under the GPL v2 for community use and under a paid commercial licence for Enterprise and embedding.

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   C

   CockroachDB

   SQL

   CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database from Cockroach Labs with a PostgreSQL-compatible interface, sold as a managed cloud service and as licensed self-managed software.

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9. 9

   Y

   YugabyteDB

   SQL

   YugabyteDB is a distributed SQL database built on a PostgreSQL fork, released under Apache-2.0 and sold with a managed cloud service and a self-managed platform.

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    T

    TiDB

    SQL

    TiDB is an open source, MySQL-compatible distributed SQL database from PingCAP that separates compute from storage for transactional and analytical workloads.

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11. 11

    PS

    Percona Server for MySQL

    SQL

    Percona Server for MySQL is a drop-in compatible build of MySQL Community Edition with added backup, security, encryption and monitoring features, with paid support available.

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12. 12

    F

    Firebird

    SQL

    Firebird is an open source relational database descended from InterBase source released in 2000, run as a server or embedded and developed by volunteers.

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13. 13

    AA

    Amazon Aurora

    SQL

    Amazon Aurora is a managed relational database service from Amazon Web Services, compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL and billed on instances, storage and I/O or serverless…

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14. 14

    GC

    Google Cloud Spanner

    SQL

    Google Cloud Spanner is a managed, globally distributed relational database from Google Cloud with SQL and PostgreSQL interfaces, sold only as a cloud service.

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    N

    Neon

    SQL

    Neon is open source serverless Postgres that separates storage from compute, with autoscaling, scale-to-zero and database branching, sold as a managed service.

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16. 16

    TL

    Turso / libSQL

    SQL

    Turso is an SQLite-compatible database, with an in-process Rust engine and the libSQL fork, offered under the MIT licence and as the managed Turso Cloud service.

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    P

    PlanetScale

    SQL

    PlanetScale sells managed Postgres and Vitess-based MySQL databases with sharding, on a proprietary managed service priced per instance size on AWS.

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18. 18

    AF

    AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

    SQL

    AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is a managed database from Google Cloud that is compatible with PostgreSQL.

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19. 19

    EP

    EDB Postgres Advanced Server

    SQL

    EDB Postgres Advanced Server is EDB's commercial PostgreSQL distribution with Oracle compatibility and security features, now branded Enterprise Postgres (Oracle Compatible).

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20. 20

    O

    OceanBase

    SQL

    OceanBase is a distributed relational database from Ant Group, using Paxos replication, MySQL compatible and capable of mixed transactional and analytical workloads.

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21. 21

    MA

    Microsoft Azure SQL Database

    SQL

    Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's managed SQL Server-engine service with General Purpose, Business Critical and Hyperscale tiers and a serverless option.

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    P

    Paritas

    Sponsored

    An Oracle-compatible database built on PostgreSQL, in development, that measures where its compatibility with Oracle ends instead of assuming it. Not yet for sale.

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    Oracle Database

    Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

    Oracle Database, now branded Oracle AI Database, is a proprietary relational database from Oracle for enterprise workloads, with a free edition and cloud services.

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    SAP Hana

    Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

    Why Choose SAP to Grow Your Business? Big Data system, that consists of in-memory technology, analytics database, and event processing.

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