IBM DB2 Alternatives

Apps similar to IBM DB2 include SQLite, which is free and open source. Other options are DBeaver, PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition and MongoDB. Relational Databases like IBM DB2 are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Actian PSQL combines a NoSQL transactional engine and a SQL relational engine to deliver a zero-DBA database platform for business applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Ingres icon
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    Ingres is the leading business open source database. Discover the New Economics of IT. Learn how to lower your TCO over a three-year period.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Advantage Database Server is a full-featured, easily embedded, client-server, relational database management system that provides you with Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) table-based and SQL-based data access.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Matisse icon
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    Matisse Software Inc. delivers database software and services to companies that need to rapidly and cost effectively develop and deploy scalable applications and services. Matisse 9, a Post Object-Relational Database product, is the first ever SQL-Object programmable data server...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Gel Data icon
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    Postgres is the endgame database. Gel supercharges it with a modern data model, graph queries, Auth & AI solutions, and much more.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
    • Online
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  6. DearSQL icon
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    A simple, cross-platform database client built with Dear ImGui.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Datahike icon
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    Datahike is a durable Datalog database powered by an efficient Datalog query engine. This project started as a port of DataScript to the hitchhiker-tree. All DataScript tests are passing, but we are still working on the internals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    A TUI for viewing and editing database files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
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  9. Open Sqlite databases and explore the internal organisation of various objects such as schema, tables and indices. To understand how Sqlite3 data is organised, please see Database file format from Sqlite website.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. Data Virtuality’s integration solutions enable detailed insights from real time and historical data with any BI tool. By combining data virtualization with an automated ETL engine, customers benefit from reducing their data integration effort by 80%.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Rockset icon
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    Reimagine in-app search and analytics. Index your vector, text, geospatial and JSON data for the most efficient hybrid search and real-time analytics at any scale.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. SQLMachine is a freeware, safe, scalable and adequate performance client-server side architectural SQL DBMS. (Database Management System).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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