Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SparkDB v2.0-stable
A replacement for SQL for small and mid-size systems
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. SparkDB v2.0-stable launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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🔥 🔥 🔥 A Free & Self-hostable Airtable Alternative. Contribute to nocodb/nocodb development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · easydb.io · its alternatives →
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I wrote a relational database management system (RDBMS) (sqlite clone) from scratch in pure Python.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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InstantDB▲320Complete backend with auth and storage in one prompt
Apr 2026 · instantdb.com · its alternatives →
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SereneDBfree▲262Ultra-Fast Search & Analytics Database, Agentic AI ready
Sep 2026 · serenedb.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · textdb.dev · its alternatives →
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Recently I open-sourced SQLFrame, a DataFrame library that implements the PySpark DataFrame API but removes Spark as a dependency. It does this by generating the corresponding SQL for the DataFrame operations using SQLGlot. Since the output is SQL this also means that the PySpark DataFrame API can now be used directly against other databases without the Spark middleman. I built this because of two common problems I have faced in my career: 1. I prefer to write complex pipelines in PySpark but they can be hard to read for SQL-proficient co-workers. Therefore I find myself in a tradeoff…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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IronDB is now ImmortalDB: https://github.com/gruns/ImmortalDB - gruns/irondb
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I created a web page to compare different analytical databases (both self-managed and services, open-source and proprietary) on a realistic dataset. It contains 20+ databases, each with installation and data loading scripts. And they can be compared to each other on a set of 43 queries, by data load time or by storage size. There are switches to select different types of databases for comparison - for example, only MySQL compatible or PostgreSQL compatible. If you play with the switches, many interesting details will be uncovered. Full description:…
2022 · benchmark.clickhouse.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · smartdb.io · its alternatives →
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The most advanced distribution system of NDB Cluster, by Mikael Ronström the inventor of NDB Cluster; made to work for the most advanced ML applications.
2021 · rondb.com · its alternatives →
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The local-first database that runs on every JS runtime and replicates with your existing backend - no vendor, no lock-in - https://rxdb.info/ - pubkey/rxdb
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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