Data and database software statistics 2026

Data and databases look free until the bill arrives. Toolradar tracks 555 tools, one of the larger categories in the catalog, holding 115,954 reviews. 67% offer a free tier. The median paid plan is $47. The mean is $299, because hosted warehouses and cloud databases sit on top of open-source engines. Oracle Cloud sits at 3.50 from 19,234 reviews. AWS sits at 4.40 from 17,730. The public review pile is clouds, not Postgres.

Every figure below is computed from the Toolradar directory on September 17, 2026. The live dashboard is Data and databases statistics. The buyer ranking is best data and database software.

How large the category is

We track 555 published tools, or 5.2% of the 10,619 tools in the directory. 83% (458 of 555) were added to Toolradar in 2026. "Added" means added to our directory, not founded this year.

A free engine is not a free platform. The $299 mean is the hosted overlay.

How these tools are priced

33% of the 555 tools are paid-only. 67% offer a free tier or freemium plan (372 tools). 19% are fully free.

How data and database software are priced

n = 555 tools, September 17, 2026

Freemium

47.7%• 265

Paid

32.6%• 181

Free

18.9%• 105

Open-source

0.4%• 2

Custom

0.2%• 1

Usage-based

0.2%• 1

For the 102 tools that publish a paid tier, the median entry price is $47 a month and the mean is $299.

Entry price distribution

n = 102 tools with a published paid tier

Under $10

13

$10 to $24

23

$25 to $49

22

$50 to $99

13

$100 to $249

11

$250 and up

20

The catalog-wide median entry is $20 (software pricing statistics). Read our median against that line, then read the mean as a warning when a few enterprise platforms sit on top.

How these tools are rated

301 of 555 tools carry a rating (54%). Those ratings rest on 115,954 reviews. Unweighted mean 4.41. Review-weighted mean 4.23.

Rating distribution

n = 301 rated tools

Below 4.0

32

4.0 to 4.4

87

4.5 to 4.7

137

4.8 to 5.0

45

The most-reviewed tools on September 17, 2026:

Source: Toolradar directory, September 17, 2026.

Oracle Cloud out-reviews AWS in this cut and loses on score. The specialists with a few thousand reviews sit at 4.60. Same pattern as cloud infrastructure, because several of the same products are tagged in both.

The highest-rated tools with at least 300 aggregated reviews:

Skyvia leads at 4.80.

Review volume by platform:

Three tools worth comparing are AWS, Oracle Cloud, and Looker.

How often pricing moves

Our pricing tracker logged 23 pricing changes for these tools in 2026, 0 of them applied. Recheck the tier you will actually run, not the headline starter.

How this data was measured

Every figure in this report is computed live from the Toolradar directory on September 17, 2026, covering the 555 published tools we categorize under Data and databases. Pricing model is read from each vendor's official pricing page. The entry price is the cheapest positive monthly tier a tool publishes. Ratings and review counts are aggregated from third-party platforms (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and others), not from Toolradar's own reviews. The leaderboard floor is 300 aggregated reviews. External statistics are cited inline and link to the exact source page. This is a directory snapshot, not a survey.

Cite this report

• APA: Corneloup, L. (2026). Data and database software statistics 2026. Toolradar Research. https://toolradar.com/reports/data-databases-software-statistics
• MLA: Corneloup, Louis. "Data and database software statistics 2026." Toolradar Research, 17 Sept. 2026, toolradar.com/reports/data-databases-software-statistics.

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