As of June 2024, almost a hundred percent of the licenses for spatial database management systems (DBMSs) were open source licenses. Over the years, open source DBMSs have become more and more popular. As of the evaluated period, open source DBMSs have become as popular as commercial ones.
Popularity breakdown of database management systems (DBMSs) worldwide as of June 2024, by license/category*
* According to the source, the popularity is represented by the sum of ranking scores of DBMSs, which are based the following parameters:
website mentions;
search frequency;
technical discussion frequency;
current job offers;
professional network profiles;
social network relevance.
The source indicates that, according to their criteria, "when system A has twice as large a value in the DB-Engines Ranking as system B, then it is twice as popular when averaged over the individual evaluation criteria... [T]he popularity score is always a relative value, which should be interpreted in comparison with other systems only."
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DB-Engines. (June 12, 2024). Popularity breakdown of database management systems (DBMSs) worldwide as of June 2024, by license/category* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132409/worldwide-popularity-database-management-systems-category-license/
DB-Engines. "Popularity breakdown of database management systems (DBMSs) worldwide as of June 2024, by license/category*." Chart. June 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132409/worldwide-popularity-database-management-systems-category-license/
DB-Engines. (2024). Popularity breakdown of database management systems (DBMSs) worldwide as of June 2024, by license/category*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132409/worldwide-popularity-database-management-systems-category-license/
DB-Engines. "Popularity Breakdown of Database Management Systems (Dbmss) Worldwide as of June 2024, by License/Category*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132409/worldwide-popularity-database-management-systems-category-license/
DB-Engines, Popularity breakdown of database management systems (DBMSs) worldwide as of June 2024, by license/category* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132409/worldwide-popularity-database-management-systems-category-license/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Popularity breakdown of database management systems (DBMSs) worldwide as of June 2024, by license/category* [Graph], DB-Engines, June 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132409/worldwide-popularity-database-management-systems-category-license/
