IBM Lotus Approach AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Relational Databases

The best Relational Database alternative to IBM Lotus Approach is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to IBM Lotus Approach and many of them are Relational Databases so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Relational Database alternatives to IBM Lotus Approach are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and MongoDB.

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IBM Lotus Approach alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  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.

    70 SQLite alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  File Based Storage
    2.  Web-Database
    3.  Import from SqlServer
    4.  Embeddable
    5.  In-process file-based
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    • SQLite is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to IBM Lotus Approach.

    • SQLite is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to IBM Lotus Approach.

    • SQLite is Free and Open SourceIBM Lotus Approach is Paid and Proprietary
    • SQLite is LightweightIBM Lotus Approach is not according to our users
  2. PostgreSQL icon
     309 likes

    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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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    PostgreSQL Features

    1.  Community-based
    2.  Relational Database
    3.  GIS Data
    4.  Cross-Platform
    5.  High stability
    6.  Fast speed
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  3. MySQL Community Edition icon
     294 likes

    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.

    69 MySQL Community Edition alternatives
    MySQL Workbench

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    MySQL Community Edition Features

    1. MariaDB icon  Support for MariaDB
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  4. MariaDB icon
     133 likes

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

    56 MariaDB alternatives
    Deploy

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    MariaDB Features

    1.  Relational Database
    2.  Replication
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  5. MongoDB icon
     144 likes

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

    106 MongoDB alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

    MongoDB Features

    1.  NoSQL database
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    • MongoDB is the most popular Web-based alternative to IBM Lotus Approach.

    • MongoDB is Freemium and ProprietaryIBM Lotus Approach is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Microsoft SQL Server icon
     83 likes

    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.

    69 Microsoft SQL Server alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Microsoft SQL Server Features

    1.  Database Server
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  7. 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.

    48 Firebird alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Firebird is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to IBM Lotus Approach.

    • Firebird is Free and Open SourceIBM Lotus Approach is Paid and Proprietary
  8. 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.

    91 CockroachDB alternatives
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    • FreeProprietary

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. Amazon Redshift icon
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    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.

    63 Amazon Redshift alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
    Amazon Redshift iconIBM Lotus Approach Icon

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    • Amazon Redshift is the most popular SaaS alternative to IBM Lotus Approach.

    • Amazon Redshift is Freemium and ProprietaryIBM Lotus Approach is Paid and Proprietary
  10. 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...

    62 Oracle Database alternatives
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    • Windows
    • Linux
    Oracle Database iconIBM Lotus Approach Icon

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  11. H2 Database Engine icon
     14 likes

    H2 is a relational database management system written in Java. It can be embedded in Java applications or run in the client-server mode. The disk footprint (size of the jar file) is about 1 MB.

    58 H2 Database Engine alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    H2 Database Engine iconIBM Lotus Approach Icon

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  12. HSQLDB icon
     9 likes

    HSQLDB (Hyper Structured Query Language Database) is a relational database management system written in Java. It has a JDBC driver and supports a large subset of SQL-92 and SQL:2008 standards. It offers a fast, small (around 1300 kilobytes in version 2.

    74 HSQLDB alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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