What are the best alternatives to postgres?
The highest-scoring alternative to postgres is dbt-sf-to-bq-translator from google/skills, at 89/100 (grade B) on the Suede Skill Check; postgres scores 80/100. The table compares 5 SQL skills in data, analytics and databases from other publishers, each with a full SuedeAI.directory page.
postgres and 5 alternatives
Alternatives share postgres's category and task, come from other publishers and each have a full directory page. Ranked by Suede Skill Check score.
| Skill | Publisher | Suede Skill Check | License | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| postgres Compared skill | sanjay3290 sanjay3290/ai-skills | 80/100 · B | Apache-2.0 | Executes read-only SQL queries against multiple PostgreSQL databases, supporting schema exploration, SELECT queries for data analysis, and checking database contents. |
| dbt-sf-to-bq-translator | Google Official google/skills | 89/100 · B | Apache-2.0 | Translates Snowflake dbt SQL models to BigQuery SQL, handling SQL compilation, Jinja macro masking, BigQuery Translation Service workflows, config transformations, type casting, and deduplication. |
| supabase | Supabase Official supabase/agent-skills | 81/100 · B | MIT | Guides work on Supabase projects, including Database, Auth, Edge Functions, Realtime, Storage, client libraries, migrations, security audits, and debugging errors. |
| basin | Cloudflare Official cloudflare/skills | 78/100 · C | Apache-2.0 | Builds and troubleshoots Cloudflare Basin analytics workflows with Basin Pipelines, Catalog, and SQL, such as streaming data into R2 Iceberg tables and querying them. |
| sql-queries | phuryn phuryn/pm-skills | 78/100 · C | MIT | Generates SQL queries from natural language descriptions for BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other dialects, reading database schemas from uploaded diagrams or documentation. |
| query-debugging | honeydew-ai honeydew-ai/honeydew-ai-coding-agents-plugins | 77/100 · C | Apache-2.0 | Inspects past Honeydew query executions, including client, semantic definition, compiled SQL, and who ran them, and helps debug failures. |
Questions and answers
What is the highest-scoring alternative to postgres?
dbt-sf-to-bq-translator from google/skills, at 89/100, grade B. It earns full points for structural checks, recent maintenance and instruction depth. Translates Snowflake dbt SQL models to BigQuery SQL, handling SQL compilation, Jinja macro masking, BigQuery Translation Service workflows, config transformations, type casting, and deduplication.
How does postgres compare with its alternatives?
postgres scores 80/100, grade B. Of the 5 alternatives, 2 score higher and 3 score lower; their scores run from 77 to 89. All of them sit in data, analytics and databases and match the SQL and databases keyword map.
Are the alternatives to postgres free?
All 5 alternatives to postgres are published in public GitHub repositories and cost nothing to download. Every one uses an open-source or open-content license, led by Apache-2.0 (3) and MIT (2), so you can use and adapt the files at no cost under those terms. 2 skills name credentials for an outside service; each full page lists them under Before you install.
Do the alternatives to postgres work in Claude Code, Codex and Cursor?
Yes. Each of the 5 alternatives to postgres is a SKILL.md folder in the Agent Skills format, which Claude Code, Codex and Cursor all read. The skills CLI (npx skills add) installs every one of them into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents, and each full skill page adds a project-level copy into .claude/skills for Claude Code and .agents/skills for Codex.