Best PostgreSQL Alternatives in 2026

12 tools from database software ranked against PostgreSQL on the same published basis.

1
MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 9.3
PostgreSQL vs MySQL
2
Amazon DynamoDB Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free9.1
PostgreSQL vs Amazon DynamoDB
3
SQLite Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $12.50/mo8.9
PostgreSQL vs SQLite
4
Firestore Free plan AndroidapiiOSWeb Free8.6
PostgreSQL vs Firestore
5
MarkLogic Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin Free8.5
PostgreSQL vs MarkLogic
6
InfluxDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.5
PostgreSQL vs InfluxDB
7
Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free8.3
PostgreSQL vs Amazon RDS
9
Microsoft SQL Server 8.2
PostgreSQL vs Microsoft SQL Server
10
Google Cloud SQL Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin $0.04/mo8.2
PostgreSQL vs Google Cloud SQL
11
MariaDB Server Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free8.2
PostgreSQL vs MariaDB Server
12
CockroachDB Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.06/mo8.2
PostgreSQL vs CockroachDB Cloud
13
Teradata VantageCloud Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.2
PostgreSQL vs Teradata VantageCloud

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