Best Relational Database Management System?
Relational database management systems (RDMS) such as SQL Server, MySQL, Postgre SQL, and Oracle (just to name a few) have allowed web developers to create highly interactive and robust web applications that can save data.
Participation on the Giveaway has now ended. Stay tuned for results.
Navicat and Six Revisions would like to know what you think the best relational database management system is, and to make things more fun, Navicat has decided to offer up over $1,000 dollars worth of prizes to randomly selected participants.
This giveaway is to celebrate of Navicat’s newly released enterprise-level Navicat Premium line of database management tools that is an all-in-one admin tool for MySQL, Postgre SQL, and Oracle.
The Prizes
Three licenses of Navicat Premium will be given away to participants of this giveaway.
Here are the prizes:
- Navicat Premium (Windows) – value: $369
- Navicat Premium (Mac OS X) -value: $319
- Navicat Premium (Linux) – value: $319
How to Participate
Simply vote for what you think the best relational database management system (see a list of RDMS on Wikipedia) in the comments is using the format below:
Vote: name of best relational database management system
Giveaway details
The giveaway ends on November 30, 2009 after which the commenting system on this post will be disabled. You may only vote once. You should use a valid email address when filling out the comment web form so that you can be notified if you’ve won.
An exclusive Six Revisions discount!
You can get 10% off the sale price of a Navicat product simply by using the following code:
sixre20
This code will be valid until December 21, 2009.
About Navicat
Navicat is a leading administration and development tool for MySQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL which features an intuitive interface and provides a set of useful tool to manage, backup/ restore, import/ export data, create report, synchronize database and connect to remote database server, etc. Also, Navicat provides a number of tools allowing to perform all the necessary database operations such as creating, editing, and duplicating database objects. Learn more about Navicat’s major features.
Related Content
- 7 Applications to Make Working with MySQL Databases Easier
- Top Five Best Database Management Tools
- Using XAMPP for Local WordPress Theme Development
- Related categories: Web Development and Web Applications
About the Author
291 Comments
Sakesun
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Rayhan Chowdhury
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
ron
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: mysql
Mihai Lazar
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
Simukis
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Cam
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Alex
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Ole
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Daniel Silveira
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
Praveen
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
dizzl
November 23rd, 2009
vote: SQLite
lossendae
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dylan Parry
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MS SQL Server
Depends really on the platform though. I’d go with MS every time if on Windows and using ASP/.Net, but for PHP I’d say Postgre SQL is a good choice. MySQL, though prevalent, is lacking in features. And finally Oracle, whilst feature-rich, is overly complicated and far too expensive.
Nasim
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Nick Plekhanov
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Dries
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Shaun
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Mark O'Grady
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server 2008
Khürt Williams
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Michel Monen
November 23rd, 2009
MySQL
Mhaddy
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Gafitescu Daniel
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
paul
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: mySql
Amr ElGarhy
November 23rd, 2009
I think Oracle is the best and all others are very near from each other.
Richard Tector
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Jon Acedo
November 23rd, 2009
vote: MySQL
Bruno
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
webbografico
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
ps: i’m on OSX
Dnyanesh Mankar
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
webmasterdubai
November 23rd, 2009
i really love navicat with mysql and im using it from last 3 years please select me for this giveaway
Paolo
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Don
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Peter
November 23rd, 2009
VOTE: PostgreSQL
dave
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Sebastian
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Sandra N.
November 23rd, 2009
MySQL
copy112
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: mySQL
Mike A
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
HerrH
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
But: it really depends on the project :) Sometimes it’s just better to use PostgreSQL i.e. if you have huge datasets like ip-ranges or firewall rules.
WPCONCEPT
November 23rd, 2009
vote: MySQL
Luca B.
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
dolce
November 23rd, 2009
vote:mysql
karmaredux
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Devwi
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Noel
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Mark
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Tom
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
Anthony
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
Mike
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Benjamin M. Strozykowski
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Katharine
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSql
Vinod Kumar
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
Rafael Barbosa
November 23rd, 2009
Oracle DB 11
Ed
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Rafael Barbosa
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle DB 11
Noel
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Microsoft SQL Server
Richard Fleming
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
mdomba
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Andrew Johnson
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Siwongo
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Steve Robillard
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: mysql
Having said thayt it depends on the application, platform, requirements, user base and many more criteria.
Reiza
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Arabinda
November 23rd, 2009
MS SQL Server
Ritwik
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dan Danciu
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Juggles
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Tobi
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Skofo
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Drizzle
The Other Don
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MS SQL Server 2008
Freedog96150
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Russbuelt
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Chris
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
knico
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
rizza
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Smuliii
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Kevin
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Joe Payton
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
teebee
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dave
November 23rd, 2009
I’m MySQL, never used anything else
Tim
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Shachiel
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Keep it up for Open Source!
qcz
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Abraham Estrada
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Alexis
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MS SQL Server
Shaun
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Pete Lawrence
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Wim
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Marshal
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Sebas
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySql
Michael Szczepanski
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Joe
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
SpinX
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Matt
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Matthew Heidenreich
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Ionut
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Arne
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Myles Braithwaite
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Brian Jackson
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
nick
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Vanco
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: DB2
Masaood
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Allan Mullan
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
luis
November 23rd, 2009
Oracle
Handrus
November 23rd, 2009
PostgreSQL
Charlie Key
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Shiaw Uen
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Marco
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Thad
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Erik mit k
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Indra
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Raithlin
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Nec
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Adam
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
z
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Abel Pita
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
Glenn
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
James
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dennis
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Eric Cope
November 23rd, 2009
I use MySQL, but would love Oracle.
Eric Cope
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Will Jones
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MYSQL
The best things in life are free!!!
Maxx
November 23rd, 2009
As with any “best of” question, the answer is determined by the task being performed. For low cost and usability it is hard to beat MySQL. For mission critical enterprise applications such as CRM, HR, or financial applications, Oracle is a very strong contender. ECommerce and collaborative applications that need to work with the Microsoft Office suite of tools fare best with MS SQL. Postgress SQL is a great database engine as well.
Personally, I know MS SQL Server better than any of the others and make my living as a DBA supporting that product. So, for providing my livelihood alone I vote for MS SQL Server. (Although, every web site that I manage and most of my private development projects are on MySQL.)
Allen
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Ronny
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
FuZZ
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
qim
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Deivid Colkevicius
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Travis Spencer
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MS SQL
Brandon
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
MariusRugan
November 23rd, 2009
MySQL
Doug Stewart
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL.
Hands-down.
Troy Peterson
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Andy
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
NiGHTkid83
November 23rd, 2009
vote: MySQL
HerbHeart
November 23rd, 2009
vote PostgreSQL
HerbHeart
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
ZaF
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Paul C
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
… though it depends on your needs. I haven’t used Oracle but I heard it can do lots of things better than MySQL (if MySQL can even do them). However, for Web Development, MySQL’s usually good enough.
Emanuele Aina
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Fish
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: Mysql
Greg Bouchillon
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Codey
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Nathan
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Jonathan Gardner
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL.
Having used Oracle for many, many years, I highly recommend against using it for anything, unless you like wasting money on downtime and DBAs.
AlexT
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Matt L
November 23rd, 2009
MySQL
Pete
November 23rd, 2009
MySQL
bosscat
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Amanda
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
AndrewJ
November 23rd, 2009
MS SQL
Anxo
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Anthony
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Chris Schaffer
November 23rd, 2009
Vote:MySql
Chris Schaeffer
November 23rd, 2009
Vote:MySql
typed to fast
Josh
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Litchie
November 23rd, 2009
Oracle
Rayel
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Evan Jones
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Vinícius Ribeiro
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Stéphane Bergeron
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
daBayrus
November 23rd, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Suman
November 23rd, 2009
MySQL
orn
November 23rd, 2009
Vote:mysql
Lee Smith
November 24th, 2009
Besides being open source, PostgreSQL and MySQL both have advantages.
Sipmaster
November 24th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Compeek
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
CongThinh
November 24th, 2009
For the huge database for big projects I use MS SQL. So MySQL is a light DBMS, it’s more popular than others.
Vote: MySQL.
Sam Smith
November 24th, 2009
Vote : Oracle
shrikumar
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Tobias Hanika
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Steven Bradley
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
In all fairness, though it’s the only RDMS I have enough real experience with to judge.
Jonathan
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
bguz
November 24th, 2009
Vote: Mysql
William Notowidagdo
November 24th, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Sech D
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Guy Redwood
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Ali
November 24th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Lode
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
on a sideline: i’m an OSX user too
linh
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
mila
November 24th, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
khame
November 24th, 2009
MySQL
Ciprian
November 24th, 2009
So far I’ve been using MySQL for both small websites and huge enterprise applications, so I would say MySQL can fit any db requirements. If it doesn’t, than my might consider using something like CouchDB (move to something non-relational).
tantos
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
paris
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
hatma
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dewa
November 24th, 2009
Vote : MySQL
Sula
November 24th, 2009
Vote : MySQL
steven dobbelaere
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
sylv3rblade
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Illuminatus
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
sudan
November 24th, 2009
my vote : MySQL
Simon
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Tairone
November 24th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
mohamadreza
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MS SQL Server
Hannes
November 24th, 2009
vote: mysql
dmaster97
November 24th, 2009
Vote:MS SQL Server
on task to task basis, every rdms has it’s advantages.
but overall, nothing bested MS SQL Server for price, feature, install base, support service and comunities. it has full range of product from the lightweight SQL Express to the heavy duty. It even have pretty management tools as default.
Altough i rarely use SQL Server for my projects. Some features are just not there yet in MySQL or PostGre.
as for oracle, too expensive on products and services, too much burden on resource, but it is a beast on its own.
I’m just being practical as LAMP is a common standard for low cost app server and almost every hosting provide it.
hey, there are free lunchs. but you must take as granted.
Noor Khemji
November 24th, 2009
Oracle
dmaster97
November 24th, 2009
update: MySQL must use InnoDB engine to be considered Relational DBMS.
default MyISAM engine practically only save data to indexed table(s).
what did you guys referring with MySQL? MyISAM or InnoDB?
;)
Tomáš Bílek
November 24th, 2009
PostgreSQL
Yavuz Ege Özcan
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dennis Stevenson
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Nathanael
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Christopher
November 24th, 2009
MySQL of course.
Beecher Smith-Stackhouse
November 24th, 2009
MySQL
Isaac
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Khaz
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
ginghee
November 24th, 2009
Vote:Oracle
Jaime
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Bostjan Oblak
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Eduardo
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Rus Mihai
November 24th, 2009
Vote: Postgre SQL
Sallar
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Amazing
November 24th, 2009
MS SQL Server 2008
Chris G
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MSSQL
Although, I agree w/ Maxx. It really depends on the application. Even within organizations I believe many use a variety of RDMS depending on what project they’re trying to tackle.
Martin
November 24th, 2009
MySQL
Zoran
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Chris
November 24th, 2009
MySQL
Stefano
November 24th, 2009
Vote: postgreSQL
Rodrigo Echeverría
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Florian Bogner
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Jeffikus
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
John Langlois
November 24th, 2009
Free: MySQL
Mission Critical: DB2 with pureScale
Jamil
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Aijaz
November 24th, 2009
Vote: PostgreSQL
Steven Melendez
November 24th, 2009
Correction to above: MS SQL Server… I wrote management studio because I am currently working in it… sleepy as well :)
Dave Allen
November 24th, 2009
Vote: mysql
Nick Feek
November 24th, 2009
vote:MySQL
Pedro Morgado
November 24th, 2009
Sql Server
Joe Scarpetta
November 24th, 2009
FileMaker Pro
hanunk
November 24th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Brad
November 24th, 2009
vote:MySQL
Alex C.
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
David Rynearson
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL, cause it’s free :D
Bilal Çınarlı
November 25th, 2009
vote: Oracle
using: MySQL
Pedro Valentim
November 25th, 2009
vote: Microsoft SQL Server
Matt Slater
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
digibomb
November 25th, 2009
vote: mysql
Edison A. Leon
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
David
November 25th, 2009
SQLServer
David
November 25th, 2009
Vote:SQLServer
Mario Awad
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
ayrton de craene
November 25th, 2009
Vote: SQL Server
razvantim
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Scott
November 25th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Shea
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL FTW
Torino Creative
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
James
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MSSQL
Hasan Aydın
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL ;)
Roberto
November 25th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Imran KHan
November 25th, 2009
Vote:MySQL
Giulia
November 26th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Jigar Chauhan
November 26th, 2009
My Vote: MySQL
Ricardo Frances
November 26th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Daniyal
November 26th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
roman
November 26th, 2009
MySQL
exe
November 26th, 2009
MySQL
Jonathan Chee
November 27th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Dennis Winter
November 27th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
expressions
November 27th, 2009
MS SQL SERVER 2008
For web developer with smaller projects and less feature requirements MySQL might suffice.
gilles lucato
November 27th, 2009
Vote: PcSoft Windev
French IDE containing the fastest DB ever!
etter
November 27th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Yuvaraj
November 28th, 2009
Oracle
Igor
November 28th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Ishank badhani
November 28th, 2009
one more vote for MySQL
mican
November 28th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
emmek
November 28th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Cody
November 28th, 2009
Vote: mySQL
Peter Zimon
November 28th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Amit Singh
November 28th, 2009
Vote: SQL Server 2008
Jasem
November 29th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
onnes
November 29th, 2009
MySQL
Roland Shield
November 29th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
faLco
November 29th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Mustafa
November 29th, 2009
Vote: Oracle
Sascha
November 29th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Joe Fox
November 29th, 2009
Vote: Microsoft SQL Server
Caveat: preferably 2005 or higher. They’ve (M$) made significant improvements in this version to performance and overall usability. I’m pretty impressed with it. I’ve worked with Oracle and dabbled a bit with MySQL, but PostgreSQL is not in my skills set yet — any motivation to add it? If not, I’ll skip it for now and stay up with the current moneymaker for me.
TBOINGTON
November 30th, 2009
Vote:WINDEV
yv
November 30th, 2009
vote : HyperFileSQL
viya
November 30th, 2009
vote : HyperFileSQL
TSL
November 30th, 2009
HyperFile SQL Client server
It’s free without limitations and easy to administer..
Jay Carlson
November 30th, 2009
vote: mySQL
julien
November 30th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
greg
November 30th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
Alex
November 30th, 2009
Vote: SQL Server (2005+)
Ryan
November 30th, 2009
Vote : MySQL
SF Studio
November 30th, 2009
Vote: postgreSQL
Israel
November 30th, 2009
vote: MySQL
alan
November 30th, 2009
Vote: SqlBuddy
alan
November 30th, 2009
Ups.. sorry that was: Vote: MySQL
Ben
November 30th, 2009
Vote: MySQL
PaKeR
December 1st, 2009
Vote: Oracle