Pigsty Alternatives

Pigsty is described as 'A battery-included, local-first, open-source PostgreSQL RDS alternative' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pigsty for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Pigsty alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pigsty are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and MongoDB.

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A battery-included, local-first, open-source PostgreSQL RDS alternative.

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Pigsty alternatives page was last updated Mar 9, 2025
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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.

    69 SQLite alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • 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

    SQLite VS Pigsty

     
    • SQLite is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Pigsty.

    • SQLite is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pigsty.

    • SQLite is Free and Open SourcePigsty is also Free and Open Source
    • SQLite is LightweightPigsty is not according to our users
  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.

    73 PostgreSQL alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    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

    PostgreSQL VS Pigsty

     
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    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.

    66 MySQL Community Edition alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    MySQL Community Edition Features

    1. MariaDB icon  Support for MariaDB

    MySQL Community Edition VS Pigsty

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

    54 MariaDB alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    MariaDB Features

    1.  Relational Database
    2.  Replication

    MariaDB VS Pigsty

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

    98 MongoDB alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

    MongoDB Features

    1.  NoSQL database

    MongoDB VS Pigsty

     
    • MongoDB is the most popular Web-based alternative to Pigsty.

    • MongoDB is Freemium and ProprietaryPigsty is Free and Open Source
  6. CouchDB icon
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    Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP / JSON API. It includes incremental map / reduce mechanics for queries and keeps data safe with an append-only datastore.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD

    CouchDB Features

    1.  NoSQL database
    2.  Database Server
    3.  REST API
    4.  Distributed Database

    CouchDB VS Pigsty

     
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    Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Azure Cosmos DB Features

    1.  NoSQL database

    Azure Cosmos DB VS Pigsty

     
    • Azure Cosmos DB is the most popular commercial alternative to Pigsty.

    • Azure Cosmos DB is Paid and ProprietaryPigsty is Free and Open Source
  8. Amazon RDS icon
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    Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a collection of managed services that makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale databases in the cloud. Choose from seven popular engines — Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility, Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility...

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services

    Amazon RDS Features

    Amazon RDS VS Pigsty

     
    • Amazon RDS is the most popular SaaS alternative to Pigsty.

    • Amazon RDS is Freemium and ProprietaryPigsty is Free and Open Source
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    Google Cloud SQL is a fully managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Google Cloud SQL Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Fully managed service
    3. PostgreSQL icon  PostgreSQL support
    4.  Database as a Service

    Google Cloud SQL VS Pigsty

     
  10. Azure SQL icon
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    Azure SQL is a family of managed, secure, and intelligent products that use the SQL Server database engine in the Azure cloud. Azure SQL is built upon the familiar SQL Server engine, so you can migrate applications with ease and continue to use the tools, languages, and...

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure

    Azure SQL Features

    1.  Documenting Azure SQL databases

    Azure SQL VS Pigsty

     
  11. SlateDB icon
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    An embedded database built on object storage. Unlike traditional LSM-tree storage engines, SlateDB writes data to object storage to provide bottomless storage capacity, high durability, and easy replication.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    SlateDB Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Replication
    3.  Rust
    4.  Object storage
    5.  Low Latency

    SlateDB VS Pigsty

     
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    Part of the Azure SQL, Azure SQL Database is an always-up-to-date, fully managed relational database service built for the cloud. Build your next app with the simplicity and flexibility of a multi-model database that scales to meet...

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Azure SQL Database VS Pigsty

     
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