DB-Engins Updates DBMS Ranking for 2023
DB-Engins, a leading database management systems (DBMS) rating platform, has announced the updated ranking for 2023. The PostgreSQL project has been awarded the title of DBMS 2023, demonstrating the highest popularity among 417 tracked systems over the past year [source]. The Databricks cloud platform secured the second place, improving its ranking from 19th to 17th. Meanwhile, the Google BigQuery engine claimed the third spot, rising from 21st to 19th place [source].
PostgreSQL, which has previously won the DBMS of the Year title in 2020, 2018, and 2017, has once again proven its popularity. However, in 2021 and 2022, the honor went to Snowflake DBMS, with previous winners including MySQL (2018), Microsoft SQL Server (2016), Oracle (2015), and MongoDB (2013 and 2014) [source].
The DBMS ranking methodology used by DB-Engins is similar to the TIOBE programming rating. It takes into account various factors such as search engine popularity, search results, discussions on forums and social networks, job vacancies, and user profile mentions. These factors collectively determine the overall popularity of a DBMS [source].
In terms of individual DBMS rankings, PostgreSQL remains in the fourth position despite experiencing the highest increase in popularity, with a growth of 34.11 points. The Databricks project secured 19.7 points, while Google BigQuery received 9 points. Notably, Snowflake DBMS also witnessed substantial growth with 8.66 points, rising from 11th to 9th place. Other DBMS that showed significant improvements include Elasticsearch, DAM Firebird, Clickhouse, Prometheus, Opensearch, and Timescaledb.