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Comparison of relational database management systems

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of text editors. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

General information

Basic general information about the archivers: creator/company, license/price etc.

Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost (USD) Software license
DB2 IBM 1982 8.2 ? Proprietary
Firebird FirebirdSQL Foundation 25 July, 2000 1.5.2 Free InterBase Public License
Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft 1989 2000 ? Proprietary
MySQL MySQL AB ? 4.1 Free, or €250.00 (Classic) / €500.00 (Pro) GPL, or other licenses
Oracle Oracle Corporation 1977 10g ? Proprietary
PostgreSQL Oracle Corporation June, 1989 8.0 Free BSD license
SQLite D. Richard Hipp August 17 2000 3.1.3 Free Public domain
Sybase Sybase 1987 12.5.3 ? Proprietary
Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost (USD) Software license