中 China Alternatives

Chinese alternatives to PostgreSQL

6 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
openGauss openGauss
alternative to PostgreSQL / Oracle
Open source — repository on the product page

Open-source relational database ecosystem originating from Huawei's GaussDB work, optimized for enterprise OLTP and domestic infrastructure.

  • ✓ 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
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.

  • ✓ Partly open
  • Global-ready
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.

  • Closed
  • ✓ Self-hostable
  • Cost-effective