Top RDBMS Software for DataBase

Between them, the 24 RDBMS software on this page 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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   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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   Why #1: ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   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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   Why #2 (shared): 24/7 support, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

   SQL

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

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   Why #2 (shared): 24/7 support, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   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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   Why #2 (shared): 24/7 support, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   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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   Why #5: 5 major incidents in 90 days (status page) · GDPR compliant, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   MariaDB

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

   MariaDB is an open source relational database, and the MariaDB Foundation looks after its independent development.

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   PostgreSQL

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

   PostgreSQL is an open-source object-relational database system with a development history of more than 35 years.

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   SingleStore

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

   SingleStore.com is the company behind SingleStore, a distributed SQL database for applications, analytics and AI.

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    SQLite

    Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · SQL

    SQLite is a C-language library that provides a complete SQL database engine inside the application that uses it.

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    Oracle Database

    Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

    Oracle Database is the relational database software from Oracle.

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    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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    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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    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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    IBM Db2

    Database Conversion · SQL · Relational

    IBM Db2 is a relational database server from IBM. The Enterprise edition for Linux, UNIX and Windows is described as a data server for heavy workloads.

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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    SAP Hana

    Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis

    SAP Hana is a big data system from SAP. It is built around in-memory technology, which keeps data in a computer's memory so it can be processed quickly.

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    SQL Server

    Backup and Recovery · Performance Analysis · SQL

    SQL Server is a relational database management system from Microsoft. It works as a database server that stores data and answers requests to retrieve it.

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    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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    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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    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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