FoundationDB AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Relational Databases

The best Relational Database alternative to FoundationDB is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to FoundationDB and many of them are Relational Databases so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Relational Database alternatives to FoundationDB are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and MongoDB.

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  1. SQLite icon
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    SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.

    72 SQLite alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. PostgreSQL icon
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    PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

    75 PostgreSQL alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. MySQL Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers and enthusiasts.

    67 MySQL Community Edition alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. MariaDB icon
     143 likes

    MariaDB is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement of the MySQL® Database Server. It includes all major open source storage engines.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. MongoDB icon
     152 likes

    MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need

    101 MongoDB alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  6. SQL Server delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage your data by enabling you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents within the database.

    67 Microsoft SQL Server alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

    52 Apache Cassandra alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  8. Firebird icon
     21 likes

    Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. ArangoDB icon
     34 likes

    ArangoDB database is an open-source NoSQL solution with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. CockroachDB icon
     16 likes

    Cockroach is a distributed key/value datastore which supports ACID transactional semantics and versioned values as first-class features. The primary design goal is global consistency and survivability, hence the name.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. Amazon Redshift uses SQL to analyze structured and semi-structured data across data warehouses, operational databases, and data lakes, using AWS-designed hardware and machine learning to deliver the best price performance at any scale.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  12. Oracle Database icon
     22 likes

    Oracle Database delivers industry leading performance, scalability, security and reliability on a choice of clustered or single-servers running Windows, Linux, and UNIX. It provides comprehensive features to easily manage the most demanding transaction processing, business...

    61 Oracle Database alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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