General Information
| Maintainer | First public release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | Software license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4D (4th Dimension) | 4D s.a.s | 1984 | v12.2 SQL | 1999 | Proprietary |
| ADABAS | Software AG | 1970 | 8.1 | Proprietary | |
| Adaptive Server Enterprise | Sybase | 1987 | 15.7 | Proprietary | |
| Advantage Database Server (ADS) | Sybase | 1992 | 11.0 | 2012 | Proprietary |
| Altibase | Altibase Corp. | 2000 | 6.1.1 | 2012-04-01 | Proprietary |
| Apache Derby | Apache | 2004 | 10.8.2.2 | 2011-10-24 | Apache License |
| CUBRID | NHN Corporation | 2008-11 | 8.4.1 | 2012-02-24 | GPL v2 |
| Datacom | CA, Inc. | ? | 11.2 | Proprietary | |
| DB2 | IBM | 1983 | 10.1 | 2012-04-30 | Proprietary |
| Drizzle | Brian Aker | 2008 | Build 1126 | BSD, GPL v2 | |
| Empress Embedded Database | Empress Software Inc | 1979 | 10.20 | 2010-03 | Proprietary |
| FileMaker | FileMaker | 1984 | 12.0 | 2012-04-12 | Proprietary |
| Firebird | Firebird project | 2000-07-25 | 2.5.1 | 2011-10-04 | IPL and IDPL |
| HSQLDB | HSQL Development Group | 2001 | 2.2.6 | 2011-11-20 | BSD |
| H2 | H2 Software | 2005 | 1.3.160 | 2011-09-11 | EPL and modified MPL |
| Informix Dynamic Server | IBM | 1981????1980 | 11.70.xC5 | 2012-05-26 | Proprietary |
| Ingres | Ingres Corp. | 1974 | Ingres Database 10 | 2010-10-12 | GPL and Proprietary |
| InterBase | Embarcadero | 1984 | InterBase XE | 2010-09-21 | Proprietary |
| Linter SQL RDBMS | RELEX Group | 1990 | 6.x | Proprietary | |
| LucidDB | The Eigenbase Project | 2007-01 | 0.9.3 | GPL v2 | |
| MariaDB | MariaDB Community | 2010-02-01 | 5.5.23 | 2012-04-11 | GPL v2 |
| MaxDB | SAP AG | 2003-05 | 7.6 | 2008-01 | Proprietary |
| Microsoft Access (JET) | Microsoft | 1992 | 14 (2010) | Proprietary | |
| Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Microsoft | 1984 | 9 (2005) | 2007-10-11 | Proprietary |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft | 1989 | 2012 (v11) | Proprietary | |
| Microsoft SQL Server Compact (Embedded Database) | Microsoft | 2000 | 2010 (v3.5 SP2) | Proprietary | |
| MonetDB/SQL | The MonetDB Developer Team | 2004 | 11.9.1 | 2012-04 | MonetDB Public License v1.1 |
| mSQL | Hughes Technologies | 1994 | 3.9 | 2011-02 | Proprietary |
| MySQL | Sun Microsystems (now Oracle Corporation) | 1995-11 | 5.5.17 | 2011-10-21 | GPL or Proprietary |
| Nexusdb | Nexus Database Systems Pty Ltd | 2003-09 | 3.04 | 2010-05-08 | Proprietary |
| HP NonStop SQL | Hewlett-Packard | 1987 | SQL/MX 2.3 | Proprietary | |
| Omnis Studio | TigerLogic Inc | 1982-07 | 4.3.1 Release 1no | 2008-05 | Proprietary |
| OpenBase SQL | OpenBase International | 1991 | 11.0.0 | Proprietary | |
| OpenEdge | Progress Software Corporation | 1984 | 11.0 | Proprietary | |
| OpenLink Virtuoso | OpenLink Software | 1998 | 6.x | 2011-11 | GPL or Proprietary |
| Oracle | Oracle Corporation | 1979-11 | 11g Release 2 | 2009-09 | Proprietary |
| Oracle Rdb | Oracle Corporation | 1984 | 7.2.5.0 | 2011-06-20 | Proprietary |
| Paradox | Corel Corporation | 1985 | 11 | 2003 | Proprietary |
| Pervasive PSQL | Pervasive Software | 1982 | 11 | 2011-07 | Proprietary |
| Polyhedra DBMS | ENEA AB | 1993 | 8.5 | 2011-06 | Proprietary |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL Global Development Group | 1989-06 | 9.2.0 | 2012-09-10 | PostgreSQL Licence (a liberal Open Source license) |
| R:Base | R:BASE Technologies | 1982 | 9.5 | Proprietary | |
| RDM Embedded | Raima Inc. | 1984 | 10.1 | 2011-08-31 | Proprietary |
| RDM Server | Raima Inc. | 1993 | 8.3 | Proprietary | |
| ScimoreDB | Scimore | 2005 | 3.0 | 2008-03-03 | Proprietary |
| SmallSQL | SmallSQL | 2005-04-16 | 0.20 | 2008-12 | LGPL |
| SQL Anywhere | Sybase | 1992 | 12.0 | 2010-07-09 | Proprietary |
| SQLBase | Unify Corp. | 1982 | 11.5 | 2008-11 | Proprietary |
| SQLite | D. Richard Hipp | 2000-08-17 | 3.7.13 | 2012-06-11 | Public domain |
| Superbase | Superbase | 1984 | Scientific (2004) | Proprietary | |
| Teradata | Teradata | 1984 | 13.10 | Proprietary | |
| UniData | Rocket Software | 1988 | 7.2.12 | 2011-10 | Proprietary |
| Xeround Cloud Database | Xeround Systems | 2010 | 3.1 | 2011-10-11 | SaaS |
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