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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to MySQL

PostgreSQL MongoDB SQLite Oracle DBaaS Redis CouchBase Firebird Amazon RDS ArangoDB OrientDB

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to MySQL are PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and SQLite. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Databases #Relational Databases #NoSQL Databases 15 social mentions

  2. MongoDB (from "humongous") is a scalable, high-performance NoSQL database.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #NoSQL Databases #Databases #Document Databases 15 social mentions

  3. 3
    SQLite Home Page
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Databases #Relational Databases #NoSQL Databases 18 social mentions

  4. See how Oracle Database 12c enables businesses to plug into the cloud and power the real-time enterprise.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Databases #Relational Databases #NoSQL Databases

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    Redis is an open source in-memory data structure project implementing a distributed, in-memory key-value database with optional durability.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Key-Value Database #NoSQL Databases #Databases 183 social mentions

  6. Document-Oriented NoSQL Database
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #NoSQL Databases #Databases #Graph Databases 2 social mentions

  7. 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

  8. Easy to manage relational databases optimized for total cost of ownership.

    #Databases #NoSQL Databases #Relational Databases 68 social mentions

  9. A distributed open-source database with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Graph Databases #NoSQL Databases #Databases 3 social mentions

  10. OrientDB - The World's First Distributed Multi-Model NoSQL Database with a Graph Database Engine.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Graph Databases #NoSQL Databases #Databases 1 social mentions

  11. The open-source database for the realtime web
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Databases #NoSQL Databases #Relational Databases 12 social mentions

  12. Realm is a mobile platform and a replacement for SQLite & Core Data. Build offline-first, reactive mobile experiences using simple data sync.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Data Integration #Databases #NoSQL Databases 24 social mentions

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