Name↕ | Type↕ | Developer↕ | Initial Release Year↕ | License↕ | Popular For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PostgreSQL | Relational | PostgreSQL Global Development Group | 1996 | Open Source (PostgreSQL License) | General purpose, geospatial, analytics |
MySQL | Relational | Oracle Corporation | 1995 | Open Source (GPL) / Commercial | Web applications, LAMP stack |
SQLite | Relational (Embedded) | D. Richard Hipp | 2000 | Public Domain | Embedded apps, mobile, local storage |
Microsoft SQL Server | Relational | Microsoft | 1989 | Proprietary | Enterprise, .NET ecosystem |
Oracle Database | Relational | Oracle Corporation | 1979 | Proprietary | Enterprise, banking, ERP |
MongoDB | Document | MongoDB Inc. | 2009 | SSPL | Flexible schemas, JSON data, prototyping |
Redis | Key-Value | Redis Ltd. | 2009 | Dual (RSALv2 / SSPLv1) | Caching, sessions, real-time data |
Elasticsearch | Search Engine | Elastic NV | 2010 | SSPL / Elastic License | Full-text search, log analytics |
Cassandra | Wide-Column | Apache Software Foundation | 2008 | Open Source (Apache 2.0) | High-write throughput, distributed |
MariaDB | Relational | MariaDB Foundation | 2009 | Open Source (GPL) | MySQL drop-in replacement |
DynamoDB | Key-Value / Document | Amazon Web Services | 2012 | Proprietary (Cloud) | Serverless, AWS-native apps |
Neo4j | Graph | Neo4j Inc. | 2007 | GPL / Commercial | Knowledge graphs, recommendations |
CouchDB | Document | Apache Software Foundation | 2005 | Open Source (Apache 2.0) | Offline-first, replication |
InfluxDB | Time-Series | InfluxData | 2013 | Open Source (MIT) / Commercial | IoT, monitoring, metrics |
ClickHouse | Columnar (OLAP) | ClickHouse Inc. | 2016 | Open Source (Apache 2.0) | Real-time analytics, big data |
CockroachDB | Relational (Distributed) | Cockroach Labs | 2015 | BSL / Commercial | Distributed SQL, multi-region |
Firebase Realtime DB | Document (Cloud) | 2012 | Proprietary (Cloud) | Mobile apps, real-time sync | |
Supabase (Postgres) | Relational (Cloud) | Supabase Inc. | 2020 | Open Source (Apache 2.0) | Firebase alternative, serverless |
TimescaleDB | Time-Series | Timescale Inc. | 2017 | Open Source (Apache 2.0) / Commercial | Time-series on PostgreSQL |
Dragonfly | Key-Value | DragonflyDB | 2022 | BSL | Redis-compatible, high performance |
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