中 China Alternatives

Chinese alternatives to MySQL

3 China-built relational databases options.

PolarDB PolarDB
alternative to Amazon Aurora / MySQL / PostgreSQL
Open source — repository on the product page

Alibaba Cloud's cloud-native relational database family, with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle-compatible editions plus the open-source PolarDB-X distributed SQL path.

  • ✓ Partly open
  • Global-ready
OceanBase
alternative to Oracle / MySQL / distributed SQL
Open source — repository on the product page

Distributed relational/HTAP database, TPC-C record holder.

  • ✓ Open source
  • ✓ Self-hostable
  • AI stack
TiDB / PingCAP
alternative to MySQL / PostgreSQL / CockroachDB
Open source — repository on the product page

Open-source distributed NewSQL (HTAP), MySQL-compatible.

  • ✓ Open source
  • ✓ Self-hostable
  • AI stack