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.

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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

Top 10K · #1,206 English 3 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit PostgreSQL

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

R ProjectNeonphpMyAdminHabrLinux kernelDrupalPHPSupabaseMariaDBMySQL

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to PostgreSQL

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to PostgreSQL, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    MySQL mysql.com Top 1K English

    MySQL

    Open-source relational database management system

  2. 02
    MariaDB mariadb.org Top 10K English

    MariaDB Foundation - MariaDB.org

    database management system, relational, open source, community developed fork of MySQL

  3. 03
    Supabase supabase.com Top 10K English

    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.

  4. 04
    PHP php.net Top 1K English

    PHP

    PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

  5. 05
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

  6. 06
    Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English

    The Linux Kernel Archives

    Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

  7. 07
    Habr habr.com Top 10K English

    Publications / My feed / Habr

    collaborative blog

  8. 08
    phpMyAdmin phpmyadmin.net Top 10K English

    phpMyAdmin

    database administration tool

  9. 09
    Neon neon.tech Top 10K English

    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.

  10. 10
    R Project r-project.org Top 10K English

    R: The R Project for Statistical Computing

    programming language for statistical analysis

  11. 11
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

  12. 12
    Perl perl.org Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    phpBB phpbb.com Top 10K English

    open-source Internet forum package written in PHP

  14. 14
    Python python.org Top 1K English

    Welcome to Python.org

    The official home of the Python Programming Language

  15. 15
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  16. 16
    CPAN cpan.org Top 10K English

    The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org

    Perl package repository

  17. 17
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

  18. 18
    OSF osf.io Top 10K English

    OSF

    tools that make open science practice easier

  19. 19
    Kubernetes kubernetes.io Top 10K English

    Kubernetes

    Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.

  20. 20
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

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.

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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