Ask HN: What could a modern database do that PostgreSQL and MySQL can't

This page summarizes and extends the software alternatives mentioned in the source post on Hacker News.

2021-09-05

Databases Relational Databases Database Tools

Materialize Landing Page
1

Materialize

A Streaming Database for Real-Time Applications
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Database Tools #Databases #Relational Databases 72 social mentions
Firebird Landing Page
2

Firebird

Relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platform
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Databases #NoSQL Databases #Relational Databases 3 social mentions
Alasql Landing Page

3

Alasql

Alasql.js - is a lightweight client-side in-memory SQL database designed to work in browser and...

#Databases #NoSQL Databases #Web Development Tools 2 social mentions

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