Comparison of Database
taken from wiki
General Information
| Database | Maintainer | First Public Release Date | Latest stable version | Software License |
| 4th Dimension | 4D s.a.s | 1984 | v11 | Proprietary |
| Adabas | Software A G | 1970 | ||
| Apache Derby | Apache | 2004 | 10.3.1.4 | Apache License |
| HSQLDB | HSQL Development Group | 2001 | 1.8.0 | BSD |
| Microsoft Access | Microsoft | 1992 | 12 (2007) | Proprietary |
| Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Microsoft | 9 (2005) | Proprietary | |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft | 1989 | 9.00.3042 (2005 SP2) | Proprietary |
| MySQL | MySQL AB | November 1996 | 5.0.45 | GPL or proprietary |
| Oracle | Oracle Corporation | November 1979 | 11g Release 1 (September 2007) | Proprietary |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL Global | June 1989 | 8.2.5 | BSD |
| SQLite | D. Richard Hipp | August 17, 2000 | 3.5.1 | Public domain |
Operating System Support
| Database | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | z O/S |
| Apache Derby 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HSQLDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Access | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Visual Foxpro | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| MySQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe |
| Oracle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SQLite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe |