Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Citus
Turn Postgres into a scale-out distributed database
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Citus launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Worry-free Postgres for SaaS built to scale out.
2017 · elements.heroku.com · its alternatives →
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A look at modern database approaches and how Citus scales PG
2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
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Supabase▲2,325The Postgres developer platform is now generally available
2024 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
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Citus Cloud▲89A database for building real-time apps on billions of events
2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →
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Vectorized executor to speed up PostgreSQL. Contribute to citusdata/postgres_vectorization_test development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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postgres.new▲774The in-browser Postgres sandbox with AI assistance
2024 · database.build · its alternatives →
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Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting
2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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In-memory Postgres for unit/E2E tests. Contribute to hexclave/pgmock development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PgQueuer is a Python job queue that uses PostgreSQL for everything — queue storage, locking, notifications. No Redis, no RabbitMQ, no separate broker to operate. If your app already has Postgres, you already have the broker. After ~2 years and 26 minor releases, 1.0 ships today as the first stable release. Strict semver from here on. Thanks to everyone who contributed and left feedback!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simpl.▲330A pleasant Postgres browser for working with real data
Jan 2026 · simpl.sh · its alternatives →
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Hands-on tutorials to learn Postgres
2022 · crunchydata.com · its alternatives →
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Logical multi-master PostgreSQL replication. Contribute to pgEdge/spock development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GraphQL for Postgres. Contribute to solidsnack/GraphpostgresQL development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Unmodified Postgres with some useful extensions. Contribute to supabase/postgres development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EnterpriseDB (“EDB”), the leader in accelerating Postgres® in the enterprise, today announced its acquisition of Splitgraph, an early-stage disruptor that provides a Postgres compatible serverless SQL API for building data driven applications from hundreds of datasources. This move is seen as a mean
2020 · splitgraph.com · its alternatives →
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Postquel▲70A fast, native PostgreSQL client for macOS, with an AI assistant that uses the Claude Code, Codex or Cursor account already on your Mac.
16d ago · frizky.dev · its alternatives →
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