Open Source Database Market Share Breakdown

Evans Data revealed the results of a a study on open source databases. While the familiar names MySQL and PostgresSQL were in there, the biggest surprise may be that Firebird was nearly tied for the most used open source database.

Here are the rankings found in Evans' Database Development Survey 2005, Winter:

MySQL -- 53%
Firebird -- 52%
PostgresSQL -- 15%
Berkeley DB -- 4%
GNU SQL -- 3%
SAP DB -- 1%
Other -- 6%

Some survey respondents are using use more than one open source database, thus the total exceeds 100%.