Alternatives and competitors
Sites like PostgreSQL
The 20 closest relational database software alternatives to PostgreSQL, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to PostgreSQL? The closest matches are MySQL, MariaDB and Supabase. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 13 ms
01 · Entity
About PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL postgresql.org
PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database
The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database
Wikidata: free and open-source relational database management system
Summary by Claude
Official website of the PostgreSQL open source relational database, providing downloads, documentation, release announcements, news, mailing lists and community event information.
- Who it’s for
- Software developers, database administrators
- Business model
- Nonprofit, community-funded
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to PostgreSQL’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to PostgreSQL
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to PostgreSQL, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
Very close cos 0.910 - 02
MariaDB Foundation - MariaDB.org
database management system, relational, open source, community developed fork of MySQL
Very close cos 0.908 - 03
Supabase | The Postgres Development Platform
Build production-grade applications with a Postgres database, Authentication, instant APIs, Realtime, Functions, Storage and Vector embeddings. Start for free.
Very close cos 0.905 - 04 Very close cos 0.900
- 05
PHP
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
Very close cos 0.900 - 06
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Very close cos 0.899 - 07
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Very close cos 0.897 - 08
Publications / My feed / Habr
collaborative blog
Very close cos 0.899 - 09
phpMyAdmin
database administration tool
Very close cos 0.894 - 10
Neon — Postgres backends for apps and agents
The backend for apps and agents. Build with Lakebase Postgres, Auth, Functions, Storage, and an AI Gateway: instant, branchable, serverless.
Close cos 0.888 - 11
R: The R Project for Statistical Computing
programming language for statistical analysis
Close cos 0.888 - 12
Moodle challenge
e-learning platform
Close cos 0.889 - 13
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
Close cos 0.889 - 14
The Perl Programming Language - www.perl.org
The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.
Close cos 0.886 - 15
open-source Internet forum package written in PHP
Close cos 0.883 - 16
OpenLDAP, Main Page
The Open Source for LDAP software and information. Home of OpenLDAP.
Close cos 0.882 - 17 Close cos 0.882
- 18
Welcome to Python.org
The official home of the Python Programming Language
Close cos 0.883 - 19
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Close cos 0.882 - 20
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org
Perl package repository
Close cos 0.881
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to postgresql.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones PostgreSQL uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What PostgreSQL is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CSS & UI
- Font Awesome asset https://www.postgresql.org/media/css/fontawesome.css?e5d475b4
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=aJB1lOnlG5TA0HgpZU-iKIQD6qPMWqUnkzanzern8eU
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what PostgreSQL adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 14/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on postgresql.org 6/20
- Google Workspace · not on postgresql.org 6/20
- Google Analytics · not on postgresql.org 5/20
- nginx 5/20
- jQuery · not on postgresql.org 4/20
- Fastly · not on postgresql.org 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on postgresql.org 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on postgresql.org 3/20
- Google Fonts · not on postgresql.org 3/20
- Bootstrap · not on postgresql.org 3/20
- Cloudflare · not on postgresql.org 3/20
- PHP · not on postgresql.org 2/20
- SendGrid · not on postgresql.org 2/20
- WordPress · not on postgresql.org 2/20
- HubSpot · not on postgresql.org 2/20