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24 alternatives to Software Engineering Daily - Scaling PostgreSQL

A look at modern database approaches and how Citus scales PG

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Software Engineering Daily - Scaling PostgreSQL launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Citus▲121

   Turn Postgres into a scale-out distributed database

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2PA
   Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting▲227

   2015 · pgcli.com · its alternatives →

3. 3PA
   PSequel – a free PostgreSQL GUI Tool for Mac OS X▲247

   Happy Cyber Monday!

   2014 · psequel.com · its alternatives →

4. 4DL
   Database Labs – Postgres as a Service▲46

   2014 · databaselabs.io · its alternatives →

5. 5PN
   PostgresML, now with analytics and project management▲444

   We've been hard at work for a few weeks and thought it's time for another update. In case you missed our first post, PostgresML is an end-to-end machine learning solution, running alongside your favorite database. This time we have more of a suite offering: project management, visibility into the datasets and the deployment pipeline decision making. Let us know what you think! Demo link is on the page, and also here: https://demo.postgresml.org

   2022 · postgresml.org · its alternatives →

6. 6SG
   Stellar – Git for PostreSQL and MySQL▲325

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7DG
   Dbdot – Golang tool to help generate Postgres schema diagrams▲119

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8GF
   GraphQL for Postgres▲195

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Citus Cloud▲89

   A database for building real-time apps on billions of events

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types▲97

    Hey! I'm Andrei. I got frustrated by how people tend to build overcomplicated backend systems, being "motivated" by big tech case studies and popular books. So, I started exploring lean architecture, and building my digital garden of ideas, approaches and data that align with this direction. Here I want to present one of the tools – Sizing tool for PostgreSQL. I've benchmarked PostgreSQL on different EC2 instances and disks, with different initial data sets to see performance that these instances can give you. And I've built a tool to visualize this data, which I welcome you to explore. So,…

    Jul 2026 · postgres.saneengineer.com · its alternatives →

11. 11PC
    PgRebase, codebase management for Postgres▲66

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12TS
    ToroDB Stampede: Automagical MongoDB to PostgreSQL, 100x Faster Queries▲43

    2016 · torodb.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Citus add-on for Heroku▲99

    Worry-free Postgres for SaaS built to scale out.

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14BA
    BedquiltDB – A Mongo-like JSON doc store built on Postgres▲145

    2016 · bedquiltdb.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15DA
    Diwata – a user-friendly GUI for PostgreSQL▲8

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16DA
    Diwata – a user-friendly database interface for PostgreSQL▲10

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17IA
    Interactive Analytics on GitHub Data Using PostgreSQL with Citus▲7

    2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →

18. 18TT
    Tempgres – Temporary PostgreSQL databases on demand▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19EO
    EventQL – Open-source distributed SQL analytics database in C++11▲90

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20KA
    Kallax a PostgreSQL Typesafe ORM for the Go Language▲17

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21SA
    Schema – A PostgreSQL and MySQL database client for iOS▲9

    2025 · tryschema.com · its alternatives →

22. 22RA
    Rxdb – A fast, reactive, client-side database▲52

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23PE
    PostgreSQL Exercises - exercises and support for learning SQL▲11

    2013 · pgexercises.com · its alternatives →

24. 24PI
    Pg_insights – Convenient SQL for monitoring Postgres database health▲7

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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