Chinese alternatives to Oracle
5 China-built databases options.
PolarDB PolarDB
alternative to Amazon Aurora / MySQL / PostgreSQL
Alibaba Cloud's cloud-native relational database family, with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle-compatible editions plus the open-source PolarDB-X distributed SQL path.
Global-ready US-listed Partly open
Foreign-investable
OceanBase
alternative to Oracle / MySQL / distributed SQL
Distributed relational/HTAP database, TPC-C record holder.
AI stack Private Open source
openGauss openGauss
alternative to PostgreSQL / Oracle
Open-source relational database ecosystem originating from Huawei's GaussDB work, optimized for enterprise OLTP and domestic infrastructure.
AI stack Private Open source
GaussDB GaussDB
alternative to Oracle / PostgreSQL / IBM Db2
Huawei Cloud's enterprise distributed relational database, aligned with the openGauss ecosystem and used for financial, government and core enterprise workloads.
Global-ready Private Partly open
Dameng Database 达梦数据库
alternative to Oracle / IBM Db2 / PostgreSQL
Chinese commercial relational database used in government and enterprise systems, with domestic operating-system and CPU ecosystem support.
Cost-effective A-share Closed