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Best Microsoft SQL Server Alternatives in 2026

12 tools from database software ranked against Microsoft SQL Server on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.3
    Microsoft SQL Server vs MySQL
  2. 2
    Amazon DynamoDB Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free9.1
    Microsoft SQL Server vs Amazon DynamoDB
  3. 3
    SQLite Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $12.50/mo8.9
    Microsoft SQL Server vs SQLite
  4. 4
    Firestore Free plan AndroidapiiOSWeb Free8.6
    Microsoft SQL Server vs Firestore
  5. 5
    MarkLogic Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin Free8.5
    Microsoft SQL Server vs MarkLogic
  6. 6
    InfluxDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.5
    Microsoft SQL Server vs InfluxDB
  7. 7
    Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free8.3
    Microsoft SQL Server vs Amazon RDS
  8. 8
    PostgreSQL Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.2
    Microsoft SQL Server vs PostgreSQL
  9. 10
    Google Cloud SQL Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin $0.04/mo8.2
    Microsoft SQL Server vs Google Cloud SQL
  10. 11
    MariaDB Server Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.2
    Microsoft SQL Server vs MariaDB Server
  11. 12
    CockroachDB Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.06/mo8.2
    Microsoft SQL Server vs CockroachDB Cloud
  12. 13
    Teradata VantageCloud Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.2
    Microsoft SQL Server vs Teradata VantageCloud
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