Microsoft SQL Server regained rank 2 in the DB-Engines popularity ranking

von Matthias Gelbmann, 3. Dezember 2012
Tags: DB2, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL

After it slipped last month to rank 3 behind MySQL, SQL Server is back to position 2 in our December ranking with a very small difference in the scores.

Oracle continues to be the most popular DBMS, while SQL Server and MySQL are close competitors for the runner up position.

Behind that we see also a very close score between MS Access and PostgreSQL, with the Microsoft tool still ahead. That means the first four positions are held by only two corporations.

There are no other changes in positions in the top 10. DB2 is just one rank ahead of MongoDB, the most popular NoSQL DBMS.

These are the top 10 DB engines in our December ranking:

Rank	November		DBMS	Database Model	Score
1.		1.	Oracle	Relational DBMS	1488.94
2.		3.	Microsoft SQL Server	Relational DBMS	1356.84
3.		2.	MySQL	Relational DBMS	1324.67
4.		4.	Microsoft Access	Relational DBMS	181.93
5.		5.	PostgreSQL	Relational DBMS	181.17
6.		6.	DB2	Relational DBMS	164.33
7.		7.	MongoDB	Document store	103.77
8.		8.	Sybase	Relational DBMS	89.77
9.		9.	SQLite	Relational DBMS	84.54
10.		10.	Cassandra	Wide column store	34.21

In the top 20 we see four more NoSQL systems gaining one rank each: Redis, CouchDB, Riak and Neo4j. Is this a trend towards NoSQL or just a temporary spike in public attention? We will find out in the coming months.

We have again expanded the coverage of the ranking by several additional systems, which you can find in the complete ranking. Please let us know if we are still missing any.

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