Side by side
Drift vs SQLDelight
Both stand on mobile databases. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+4
Drift combines relational persistence with generated code and reactive queries for Dart and Flutter projects. Developers should account for required schema migrations and the documented PostgreSQL and browser limitations.
Visit Drift Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+5
SQLDelight combines Kotlin code generation with compile-time database checks and several IDE and library integrations. Check its dialect options against your database, especially if you need one of the experimental or third-party choices.
Visit SQLDelightThe facts
| Drift | SQLDelight | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Yes |
| Runs on | Android, Extension, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows | Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Not published | Free or on request |
| Plans published | None | 2 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | drift.simonbinder.eu | sqldelight.github.io |
| On mobile databases | #7 of 26 | #3 of 26 |
Drift: what it does well
- Type-safe queries and reactive watched-query streams
- Compile-time SQL validation and Dart row generation
- Documented support for six platform families
- SQLite, PostgreSQL, and libSQL connections
What to know first
- Developers must write schema-change migrations
- Some APIs are SQLite-only with PostgreSQL
- Some browsers need COOP/COEP headers for full web support
SQLDelight: what it does well
- Checks schemas, SQL, and migrations at compile time
- IDE support includes SQL autocomplete and refactoring
- Coroutines can emit query updates as a Flow
- Free and open source under Apache-2.0
What to know first
- HSQL and H2 support is experimental
- CockroachDB, DB2, and Oracle dialects are third-party
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