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What is Actian PSQL?

Actian PSQL is the perfect solution for packaged business applications. It is one of the most reliable, low maintenance, high-performance database management systems in the world.
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Actian PSQL is the #12 ranked solution in Top Embedded Database Systems. PeerSpot users give Actian PSQL an average rating of 9.0 out of 10. Actian PSQL is most commonly compared to SAP HANA: Actian PSQL vs SAP HANA.
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Embedded Database
March 2026
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Actian PSQL mindshare

As of March 2026, the mindshare of Actian PSQL in the Embedded Database category stands at 2.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded Database Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Actian PSQL2.2%
SQLite20.4%
Firebird SQL15.9%
Other61.5%
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Last updated Mar 25, 2026

Valuable Features

  • "MySQL is too poor in functionality, Oracle is too big slow and the price is not quite good."
  • "Actian PSQL is easy to configure and the performance is affordable."

Room for Improvement

  • "MySQL is too poor in functionality, Oracle is too big slow and the price is not quite good."
  • "We need to improve the security options for the on-premise option."

Pricing

  • "We have found Actian PSQL to be affordable."
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Learn more about Actian PSQL

Actian PSQL was previously known as PSQL, Pervasive PSQL.

Actian PSQL customers

Datamatics, Medical Data Vision, Inferenda, Sheetz, SecureAlert, Zilliant

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Actian PSQL Reviews Summary
Author infoRatingReview Summary
Solution Architect at Dropbox4.0No summary available
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees5.0I appreciate the advanced features like native JSON, finding deployment simple and cost-free. It's stable, customer service is good, and I prefer it over prior solutions like MySQL, though JVM drivers could improve. Scalability is untested.