🆚 Microsoft SQL Server vs. SQLite

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Microsoft SQL Server is much more popular than SQLite.
🌎 Microsoft SQL Server is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 SQLite is more popular in Poland and Kazakhstan.

Microsoft SQL Server

SQLite

Type

Database technology

About

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft.

It supports Transact-SQL (T-SQL) as its query language, runs on both Windows and Linux platforms, includes features such as Always On Availability Groups, in-memory OLTP, Transparent Data Encryption, and row-level security.

SQLite is a lightweight open source cross-platform single-file SQL database engine with zero-configuration and serverless architecture.

It implements most of SQL-92 standard, supports ACID transactions even after system crashes, offers JSON support and partial indexes, and allows databases up to about 281 terabytes.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Website

microsoft.com/sqlserver/ #3

sqlite.org #145,357

Pricing

Free version ✔️Express

Pay-as-you-goStandard$73/core/month
Enterprise$274/core/month

Free ✔️Open source

SQLite Encryption Extension (SEE)$2,000

Compressed And Encrypted Read-Only Database (CEROD)$2,000

ZIPVFS Read/Write Compressed Database Extension$4,000

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Microsoft SQL Server database technology is 26 times more popular than SQLite.

Total websites

Market share

Databases

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Microsoft SQL Server is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while SQLite is more popular in Poland and Kazakhstan.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Netherlands

Denmark

Germany

Canada

Czech Republic

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Japan