Best dbmate Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from database migration tools ranked against dbmate on the same published basis.
- 1dbmate vs Skeema
- 2dbmate vs Atlas
- 3dbmate vs FluentMigrator
- 4dbmate vs golang-migrate
- 5dbmate vs pgroll
- 6dbmate vs Refinery
- 7dbmate vs Bytebase Enterprise
- 8dbmate vs DeepFilterNet
- 9dbmate vs Alembic
- 10dbmate vs SchemaHero
- 11dbmate vs Liquibase
- 12dbmate vs sqldef
- 13dbmate vs Sqitch
- 15dbmate vs GitHub Accessibility Scanner
- 16dbmate vs Goose
- 17dbmate vs db-migrate
- 18dbmate vs Evolve
- 19dbmate vs pt-online-schema-change
- 20dbmate vs Redgate SQL Provision
- 21dbmate vs DBmaestro
dbmate alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skeema | 6.6 | Free plan | $54.08/mo | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 2 | Atlas | 6.5 | Free plan | $9/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 3 | FluentMigrator | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 4 | golang-migrate | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 5 | pgroll | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 6 | Refinery | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 7 | Bytebase Enterprise | 6.4 | Free plan | $20/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 8 | DeepFilterNet | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | Alembic | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted |
| 10 | SchemaHero | 5.7 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 11 | Liquibase | 5.6 | No | — | API, Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 12 | sqldef | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 13 | Sqitch | 5.5 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 15 | GitHub Accessibility Scanner | 5.3 | No | — | Linux, Mac |
| 16 | Goose | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | db-migrate | 5.2 | No | — | self-hosted |
| 18 | Evolve | 5.2 | No | — | Windows, Linux |
| 19 | pt-online-schema-change | 5.2 | No | — | Linux |
| 20 | Redgate SQL Provision | 5.2 | No | — | Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 21 | DBmaestro | 5.1 | No | — | API, self-hosted |
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Questions about dbmate alternatives
What is the best alternative to dbmate?
Skeema, number 1 in database migration tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Atlas, FluentMigrator, golang-migrate and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to dbmate?
Skeema is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.