PolarDB PolarDB
alternative to Amazon Aurora / MySQL / PostgreSQL
Global-ready US-listed Partly open
Foreign-investable
Alibaba Cloud's cloud-native relational database family, with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle-compatible editions plus the open-source PolarDB-X distributed SQL path.
Independence & Portability Strong independence · 68/100
Deployment
private cloud
Data control
customer managed
Portability
medium
Supply-chain
medium
Ecosystem
strategic
Openness
partly open (9/15)
Procurement/migration signal, not a certification. As of 2026-06. Alibaba Cloud database family; private-cloud controls and PolarDB-X open-source path. How this is scored.