HSQLDB Alternatives

Apps similar to HSQLDB include DBeaver, which is open source with a free version. Other options are SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition and MongoDB. Relational Databases like HSQLDB are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Base, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, offers help to users new to database design (or just new to Base) to create Tables, Queries, Forms and Reports, along with a set of predefined table definitions for tracking Assets, Customers, Sales Orders...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. CUBRID Database icon
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    CUBRID is a comprehensive GPL/BSD open source relational database management system highly optimized for Web Applications. CUBRID is being developed in C/C++. Includes native HA, online hot backup, and other features. JDBC, PHP, ODBC/.NET, Ruby & Python APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Xataface icon
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    Xataface is a flexible and shapable skin that sits on top of MySQL, making it accessible to every-day users. It automatically generates the appropriate forms, lists, and menus for a user to interact with the database without having to know any SQL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. OrbitDB icon
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    OrbitDB is a serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database. OrbitDB uses IPFS as its data storage and IPFS Pubsub to automatically sync databases with peers. It's an eventually consistent database that uses CRDTs for conflict-free database merges making OrbitDB an excellent...

    107 OrbitDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. IBM DB2 icon
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    DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Read and write to your databases without any programming changes. Quickest and easiest way to go paperless.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  7. Clustrix icon
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    Clustrix is the leading scale-out SQL database engineered for the cloud. With Clustrix, you can scale transaction throughput, run real-time analytics, and simplify operations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. 4D icon
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    4D is a relational database management system and IDE. 4D provides integrated platforms that simplify and speed up the development and deployment of Web, mobile, desktop, and client-server applications.

    The 4D product line has expanded to a SQL back-end, integrated compiler, int.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. VoltDB icon
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    VoltDB is a blazingly fast NewSQL database system. It is specifically designed to run on modern scale-out architectures - fast, inexpensive servers connected via high-speed data networks.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Starcounter icon
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    The Starcounter database is built with the real-time systems of today in mind. Real-time systems supporting thousands or millions of simultaneous users. Systems like online stores, location-based services or banking applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. NuoDB icon
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    NuoDB is a distributed database that can be deployed in any datacenter, in any cloud, anywhere, without the compromises inherent in other New SQL solutions.

    50 NuoDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  12. MarkLogic icon
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    MarkLogic is the only Enterprise NoSQL database, bringing all the features you need into one unified system: a document-centric, schema-agnostic, structure-aware, clustered, transactional, secure, database server with built-in search and a full suite of application services.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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