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Instead of Oracle Real Application Clusters

Best Oracle Real Application Clusters Alternatives in 2026

Taken from Distributed SQL Databases, where Oracle Real Application Clusters is listed too, in the same order.

  1. 1

    OceanBase Database

    OceanBase Database is a distributed database for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads, bringing all three into one database.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.7 Club score
  2. 2

    CrateDB

    CrateDB is a database for real-time analytics on live operational data.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.7 Club score
  3. 3

    SingleStore Helios

    SingleStore Helios is a cloud database-as-a-service available on AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.5 Club score
  4. 4

    PrestoDB

    PrestoDB is a free, open-source distributed SQL query engine for querying large datasets across different data systems.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • macOS · Linux · Web · API
    8.2 Club score
  5. 5

    TiDB Cloud

    TiDB Cloud is a managed cloud database service built around an open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.2 Club score
  6. 6

    Apache Ignite

    Apache Ignite is a free, open-source distributed SQL database designed around memory-first processing for high-velocity workloads.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.1 Club score
  7. 7

    MySQL

    MySQL is an open-source database used for web, e-commerce, SaaS, and online transaction processing applications.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.1 Club score
  8. 8

    CockroachDB Cloud

    CockroachDB Cloud is a managed distributed SQL platform for development, testing, and production workloads.

    • Free plan
    • Linux · Web · API
    7.7 Club score
  9. 9

    VoltDB

    VoltDB is a distributed, in-memory database and real-time decisioning layer for processing data, ingesting streams, running business logic and integrating AI.

    • Free plan
    • macOS · Linux · Web · API
    7.7 Club score
  10. 10

    TBase

    TBase is Tencent-published, open-source database software for distributed hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP).

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · iPhone and iPad
    7.4 Club score
  11. 11

    ActorDB

    ActorDB is an open-source distributed relational SQL database from Biokoda.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.4 Club score
  12. 12

    Google Cloud Spanner

    Google Cloud Spanner is a globally distributed database combining relational, graph, key-value, and search capabilities.

    • Free trial
    • Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.2 Club score
  13. 13

    Amazon RDS

    Amazon RDS is a fully managed relational database service that automates provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling.

    • Free plan
    • Web · API
    7.1 Club score
  14. 14

    Oracle Database

    Oracle Database is a converged database platform for combining data models and workloads in one engine.

    • Free plan
    • Self-hosted
    7.0 Club score
  15. 15

    YDB

    YDB is an open-source distributed SQL database for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads.

    • Free plan
    • Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.0 Club score
  16. 16

    YugabyteDB Anywhere

    YugabyteDB Anywhere (YBA) is a self-managed database-as-a-service for deploying and operating YugabyteDB universes.

    • Free trial
    • Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
    6.9 Club score
  17. 17

    MatrixOne

    MatrixOne is a self-hosted, MySQL-compatible database that combines transactional, analytical, vector, and full-text workloads.

    • Free plan
    • Self-hosted
    6.6 Club score
  18. 18

    Huawei CloudTable ClickHouse

    Huawei CloudTable ClickHouse is a managed columnar database for online analytical processing.

    • Linux · Web · API
    6.4 Club score
  19. 19

    MariaDB Enterprise Analytics

    MariaDB Enterprise Analytics is a columnar database offering for interactive analysis of current data and workloads that have outgrown traditional databases.

    • Linux · Self-hosted
    6.2 Club score
  20. 20

    MariaDB Enterprise Manager

    MariaDB Enterprise Manager is a self-hosted management product for MariaDB Server, running on Linux and the web.

    • Linux · Web
    5.5 Club score

The whole list: Distributed SQL Databases