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MySQL

Who runs MySQL, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest relational database software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
MariaDB

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs MySQL

MySQL mysql.com

Wikidata: Open-source relational database management system

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What MySQL tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 16 alternatives below has fewer; 11 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on MySQL’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to MySQL

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

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  1. 01
    MariaDB mariadb.com English 2 trackers

    MariaDB Enterprise Open Source Database | MariaDB

    MariaDB provides enterprise open source database and database services to support scalability, mission-critical deployments, and more.

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  2. 02
    PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English No trackers

    PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database

    The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database

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  3. 03
    Oracle Corporation oracle.com Top 1K

    American multinational computer corporation

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  4. 04
    Microsoft microsoft.com Top 100 English 2 trackers

    Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps

    Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.

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  5. 05
    MongoDB mongodb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MongoDB | The Intelligent Data Platform for the AI Era | MongoDB

    MongoDB is the intelligent data platform for the AI era. Get your ideas to market faster with flexible, real-time data that scales across any cloud.

    Compare MongoDB with MySQL →
  6. 06
    firebirdsql.org English 1 tracker

    Firebird: The true open source database for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more

    Firebird SQL: The true open-source relational database

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  7. 07
    sqlite.org Top 10K No trackers

    SQLite Home Page

    serverless relational database management system (RDBMS)

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  8. 08
    HeidiSQL heidisql.com English 1 tracker

    HeidiSQL - MariaDB/MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Interbase/Firebird made easy

    HeidiSQL is a free and powerful client for MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Interbase/Firebird

    Compare HeidiSQL with MySQL →
  9. 09
    Redis redis.io Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Redis - Real-time data for agents & apps

    Developers love Redis. Unlock the full potential of the Redis database with Redis Enterprise and start building blazing fast apps.

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  10. 10
    DBeaver dbeaver.io English 1 tracker

    DBeaver Community | Free Open-Source Database Management Tool

    multi-platform database administration software

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  11. 11
    Percona percona.com English 2 trackers

    Open Source Database Software, Support and Services - Percona

    Enterprise-class open source database software, support and services for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and MariaDB.

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  12. 12
    Java java.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Java | Oracle

    Get started with Java today

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  13. 13
    SAP sap.com Top 10K

    German software producer

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  14. 14
    ClickHouse clickhouse.com English 1 tracker

    Fast Open-Source OLAP DBMS | ClickHouse

    ClickHouse is a fast open-source column-oriented database management system that allows generating analytical data reports in real-time using SQL queries

    Compare ClickHouse with MySQL →
  15. 15
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

    Compare Odoo with MySQL →
  16. 16
    Teradata teradata.com English 1 tracker

    Autonomous Knowledge Platform | Teradata

    Teradata is the AI platform for the autonomous era, connecting and scaling across any environment.

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  17. 17
    DuckDB duckdb.org English No trackers

    An analytical SQL database management system – DuckDB

    DuckDB is a SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.

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  18. 18
    Couchbase couchbase.com

    US company

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  19. 19
    IBM ibm.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    IBM

    For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow.

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  20. 20
    Novell novell.com Top 10K

    American multinational software and services company

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles MySQL’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones MySQL uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what MySQL adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 3 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
29 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to MySQL’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). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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