Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FriendlyData – Natural Language Interface for Databases launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   FriendlyData▲366

   Communicate with databases like a human

   2017 · friendlydata.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Kueri Platform▲121

   A complete platform for integrating natural language to SQL

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   FriendlyData▲75

   Communicate with databases like a human

   2018 · friendlydata.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Askdata▲117

   Ask questions in natural language and find answers in data ⚡

   2019 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Datastory▲118

   Turn the world's data into stories worth sharing

   22d ago · datastory.tech · its alternatives →

6. 6RL
   Refuel-LLM, a large language model for data annotation and enrichment▲9

   2023 · app.refuel.ai · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Allen NLP▲72

   An open-source NLP research library, built on PyTorch

   2017 · allenai.org · its alternatives →

8. 8AF
   A free and open source online database modeling editor▲9

   2025 · editor.besser-pearl.org · its alternatives →

9. 9NL
   Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning via REST API▲9

   2016 · esapi.intellexer.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    a16z - When Language Meets Big Data▲58

    It's not what you say, it's how you say it

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

11. 11NL
    Natural Language Processing and Text Mining API▲5

    2016 · esapi.intellexer.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AN
    a Navigational Query Language for PostgreSQL▲9

    2011 · htsql.org · its alternatives →

13. 13GA
    GraphQL+-, a Variant of GraphQL for Graph DBs▲7

    2016 · wiki.dgraph.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    ChatDB▲25

    Chat database in Natural Language

    2025 · chatdb.live · its alternatives →

15. 15NL
    Natural Language Processing API for Startup Companies▲8

    2016 · esapi.intellexer.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    DigData▲13

    Native SQL for MongoDB with visualisations on top

    2015 · ladiesonharlies.nl · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ekati – A Database (Early)▲9

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18IN
    Infactory – NL APIs from Structured Data Without Hallucinations▲8

    2025 · infactory.ai · its alternatives →

19. 19AT
    A Tableau+SQL course for data professionals▲8

    2021 · udemy.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AP
    AI-Powered SQL Tools▲7

    Generate arduous database queries in a snap

    2023 · dbsensei.com · its alternatives →

21. 21DA
    Ducks, a Python library for database-like object lookups▲6

    2022 · ducks.readthedocs.io · its alternatives →

22. 22IO
    Improving on the Command-Line SQL Experience▲5

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SS
    Solving SQL's schema rigidity▲5

    2016 · raijindb.com · its alternatives →

24. 24LI
    Lexical.io – A web app for reading English text▲9

    2016 · lexical.io · 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 →