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Best PolarDB-X Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from distributed SQL databases ranked against PolarDB-X on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.3
    PolarDB-X vs MySQL
  2. 2
    CrateDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.2
    PolarDB-X vs CrateDB
  3. 3
    OceanBase Database Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    PolarDB-X vs OceanBase Database
  4. 4
    TBase Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.1
    PolarDB-X vs TBase
  5. 5
    VoltDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    PolarDB-X vs VoltDB
  6. 6
    CockroachDB Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.06/mo6.8
    PolarDB-X vs CockroachDB Cloud
  7. 7
    PrestoDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.8
    PolarDB-X vs PrestoDB
  8. 8
    TiDB Cloud Free plan apiWeb 6.8
    PolarDB-X vs TiDB Cloud
  9. 9
    SingleStore Helios Free plan apiWeb $0.99/mo6.7
    PolarDB-X vs SingleStore Helios
  10. 10
    YDB Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.7
    PolarDB-X vs YDB
  11. 11
    YugabyteDB Anywhere Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.7
    PolarDB-X vs YugabyteDB Anywhere
  12. 12
    Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free6.6
    PolarDB-X vs Amazon RDS
  13. 13
    ActorDB apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.4
    PolarDB-X vs ActorDB
  14. 14
    MatrixOne Free plan self-hosted Free6.4
    PolarDB-X vs MatrixOne
  15. 15
    Google Cloud Spanner Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.1
    PolarDB-X vs Google Cloud Spanner
  16. 16
    Huawei CloudTable ClickHouse apiLinuxWeb 6.0
    PolarDB-X vs Huawei CloudTable ClickHouse
  17. 17
    Oracle Database self-hosted 6.0
    PolarDB-X vs Oracle Database
  18. 18
    Oracle Globally Distributed AI Database Web 5.9
    PolarDB-X vs Oracle Globally Distributed AI Database
  19. 19
    MariaDB Enterprise Analytics Linuxself-hosted 5.8
    PolarDB-X vs MariaDB Enterprise Analytics
  20. 20
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.8
    PolarDB-X vs Tencent Cloud CDN

PolarDB-X alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1MySQL7.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2CrateDB7.2Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3OceanBase Database7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4TBase7.1Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5VoltDB6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
6CockroachDB Cloud6.8Free plan$0.06/moAPI, Linux, Web
7PrestoDB6.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
8TiDB Cloud6.8Free plan—API, Web
9SingleStore Helios6.7Free plan$0.99/moAPI, Web
10YDB6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
11YugabyteDB Anywhere6.7No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Amazon RDS6.6Free planFreeAPI, Web
13ActorDB6.4No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14MatrixOne6.4Free planFreeself-hosted
15Google Cloud Spanner6.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Huawei CloudTable ClickHouse6.0No—API, Linux, Web
17Oracle Database6.0No—self-hosted
18Oracle Globally Distributed AI Database5.9No—Web
19MariaDB Enterprise Analytics5.8No—Linux, self-hosted
20Tencent Cloud CDN5.8NoCNY 21/moWeb
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Questions about PolarDB-X alternatives

What is the best alternative to PolarDB-X?

MySQL, number 1 in distributed SQL databases with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: CrateDB, OceanBase Database, TBase and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to PolarDB-X?

MySQL is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.