Best Relational Databases - Page 5
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Relational databases store and manage data in a traditional table format, with each piece of data organized into a row and a column. Columns hold the data of a single type or field, like first name, order number, or the image link of a product logo. Rows create the relationship between these data points. For example, rows can associate a first name to a last name and then to a user name, email address, and customer ID. Businesses use relational databases to maintain the data from their applications and ensure they always have access to critical customer information, product data, social data, and financial particulars like purchases, fulfillment, revenue, and expenses. These systems can range from desktop applications that create a small database on your machine to large enterprise-grade data stores. Almost all use a form of SQL as their query language, and most adhere to the ACID set of properties to ensure reliable transactions: atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability.
Relational databases are generally chosen due to their simplicity in comparison to NoSQL databases, such as object-oriented databases, document databases, and graph databases. Those looking for a relational database solution with little budget also have options with free database software.
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Featured Relational Databases At A Glance
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Actian Zen is a NoSQL and SQL (fully ANSI compliant) embedded database that runs on Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, in VMs and Containers with AES 256-bit encryption. Version footprints range fr
- Information Technology and Services
- 50% Mid-Market
- 25% Enterprise
2,809 Twitter followers
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ThinkSQL is a powerful, cross-platform relational database management system designed for modern operating systems and hardware. It aims to comply fully with the ISO SQL standard to provide an open an
- 60% Small-Business
- 20% Enterprise
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ClickHouse is the fastest and most resource efficient real-time database and data warehouse. ClickHouse is optimized to serve a wide range of data-intensive workloads, from powering interactive user-f
- Information Technology and Services
- 45% Mid-Market
- 45% Small-Business
14,802 Twitter followers
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Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that enables developers to build and scale applications efficiently without managing server infrastructure. Launched in 2020 as an alter
- Information Technology and Services
- Computer Software
- 79% Small-Business
- 12% Mid-Market
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Base is a full-featured desktop database front end, designed to meet the needs of a broad array of users. Base caters to power users and enterprise requirements, providing native-support drivers for s
- 53% Mid-Market
- 53% Small-Business
21,073 Twitter followers
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Spotlight on SQL Server Enterprise is designed to deliver simplicity without compromise, unmatched monitoring, diagnosis and SQL Server optimization.
- 45% Mid-Market
- 45% Small-Business
17,177 Twitter followers
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dotConnect for Oracle is a powerful database connectivity solution based on the ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with many options for developing database-related applications and webs
- 43% Mid-Market
- 29% Enterprise
1,742 Twitter followers
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Apache Druid is an open source real-time analytics database. Druid combines ideas from OLAP/analytic databases, timeseries databases, and search systems to create a complete real-time analytics soluti
- Computer Software
- 52% Enterprise
- 29% Mid-Market
4 Twitter followers
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Analyze data patterns in SQL Server tables and columns
- 42% Small-Business
- 33% Enterprise
484 Twitter followers
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Tembo is a multi-workload Postgres managed service that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. With robust SaaS and self hosted de
- Computer Software
- 85% Small-Business
- 15% Mid-Market
1 Twitter followers
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DRDS is primarily used for large-scale online data operations to operate, maintain and manage distributed databases throughout their entire lifecycle. Due to is compartmentalized structure, DRDS provi
- 67% Enterprise
- 17% Mid-Market
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Apache HAWQ is a Hadoop native SQL query engine that combines the key technological advantages of MPP database with the scalability and convenience of Hadoop. It provides users the tools to confident
- 50% Enterprise
- 50% Small-Business
65,967 Twitter followers
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CitrusDB is a massively scalable PostgreSQL database for real-time applications.
- 43% Mid-Market
- 29% Enterprise
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What is ER/Studio? ER/Studio is an enterprise data modeling platform that helps organizations design, manage, and govern data assets across complex environments. It connects business requirements to
- 53% Enterprise
- 33% Mid-Market
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Alibaba Cloud develops highly scalable cloud computing and data management services.
- Information Technology and Services
- 46% Small-Business
- 31% Mid-Market
