Best Database Software in 2026
Updated
74 database software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
74ranked
3free plans on this page
$0.05/molowest paid tier
3 Oct 2026last checked
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Database model | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 |  StarRocks | 6.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 52 | SurrealDB | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $0.19/mo | Yes | Free | Relational, document, graph, vector and time-series | View |
| 53 | DigitalOcean Managed Databases | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $15.15/mo | No | $15.15/mo | — | View |
| 54 | HSQLDB | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $8.33/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 55 |  Firebird | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 56 |  Milvus | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 57 | IBM Cloudant | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 58 | Apache IoTDB | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 59 | Amazon Timestream | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 60 | kdb+ | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 61 |  SAP MaxDB | 5.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | relational | View |
| 62 |  GreyCat | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | graph | View |
| 63 | TimescaleDB | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $30/mo | Yes | $30/mo | relational | View |
| 64 | IBM Informix | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 65 |  Kinetica | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 66 |  FoundationDB | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 67 |  SAP Customer Data Platform | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 68 | Apache AsterixDB | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 69 | Valkey | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 70 | Vespa | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $0.05/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 71 |  ALTIBASE | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 72 |  Dgraph | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 73 | Tarantool DB | 4.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 74 | LanceDB | 4.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
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