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24 alternatives to Franchise

a notebook for sql

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Franchise launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1FO
   Franchise - Open Source SQL Notebook▲27

   2017 · franchise.cloud · its alternatives →

2. 2FL
   Fieldbook: Lightweight Database with a Spreadsheet UI and a REST API▲335

   2015 · fieldbook.com · its alternatives →

3. 3PF
   pg_flame – flamegraph visualizations of PostgreSQL query plans▲321

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AA
   Airtable, a real-time spreadsheet-database hybrid▲361

   2014 · airtable.com · its alternatives →

5. 5TA
   TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases▲333

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

6. 6ST
   SQL Teaching – Codecademy for SQL▲166

   2015 · sqlteaching.com · its alternatives →

7. 7OS
   Open-Source Business Intelligence for BigQuery – Looker Alternative▲95

   2019 · mprove.io · its alternatives →

8. 8BA
   Bistro – A light-weight column-oriented data processing engine▲95

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9SA
   SqlSmash, A productivity plugin for Sql Server Management Studio▲43

   2014 · sqlsmash.com · its alternatives →

10. 10PA
    PumpkinDB, an event sourcing database engine▲190

    2017 · pumpkindb.org · its alternatives →

11. 11EO
    EventQL – Open-source distributed SQL analytics database in C++11▲90

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CA
    Cluvio – A new cloud analytics platform based on SQL and R▲61

    2016 · cluvio.com · its alternatives →

13. 13DD
    drive-db: A Google spreadsheet database▲25

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Kueri Platform▲121

    A complete platform for integrating natural language to SQL

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15RA
    Rambler – A simple and language-independent SQL schema migration tool▲69

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AJ
    A JavaScript Tool for Database Diagramming▲75

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AW
    A web-based Excel/Database hybrid▲82

    2012 · ragic.com · its alternatives →

18. 18DL
    Database Labs – Postgres as a Service▲46

    2014 · databaselabs.io · its alternatives →

19. 19OA
    oculus - a logging, web-based SQL client for teams (open source)▲30

    2012 · oculusapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20RA
    Rxdb – A fast, reactive, client-side database▲52

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21KE
    Kxl – Experimental spreadsheet UI for kdb+/k4/q▲16

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22NA
    Native Analytics (work in progress)▲19

    2012 · swapped.cc · its alternatives →

23. 23TW
    TablePlus Windows – a native tool for database management▲21

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

24. 24GA
    GridCraft, an advanced spreadsheet for data analysis and analytics▲18

    2014 · gridcraft.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →