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Actian PSQL vs Progress OpenEdge RDBMS comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Actian PSQL
Ranking in Embedded Database
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Progress OpenEdge RDBMS
Ranking in Embedded Database
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Embedded Database category, the mindshare of Actian PSQL is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Progress OpenEdge RDBMS is 3.0%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded Database
 

Featured Reviews

辺琢也 渡 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy configuration, with affordable pricing, and reliable
We use Actian PSQL for analytics purposes Actian PSQL is easy to configure and the performance is affordable. It would be great to have some sizing guides to configure the on-premise software to make it easier. We need to improve the security options for the on-premise option. I would like to…
JO
An accessible, rapid prototyping environment which makes capturing business requirements simpler
I have been working with Progress OpenEdge 4GL and RDBMS for nearly 20 years now. For developing robust, scalable business applications, I have found myself turning to OpenEdge RDBMS and integrated 4GL languages again and again. Writing business applications in a fourth generation language, such as Progress, allows one to readily adopt rapid application development, DevOps and agile methodologies. Prototyping can be done quickly. Straightforward English-like syntax makes learning the language fairly straightforward. Built-in database support makes working with data sets extremely simple. Another nice feature is being able to port your application to any environment which supports the Progress OpenEdge RDBMS, allowing the application to remain largely platform/OS agnostic.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Actian PSQL is easy to configure and the performance is affordable."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The product can be scaled in any direction and a very nice feature is that you can logically split the database by the value of the data, which is great."
 

Cons

"We need to improve the security options for the on-premise option."
"The only big hurdle for us is that most customers aren't familiar with it, so it's scary. If you're in commercial environments, everybody knows SQL, everybody knows Oracle, or whatever."
"Advanced security would be a good additional feature."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have found Actian PSQL to be affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Energy/Utilities Company
11%
Government
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

PSQL, Pervasive PSQL
OpenEdge RDBMS, Progress RDBMS, Progress OpenEdge, OpenEdge
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Datamatics, Medical Data Vision, Inferenda, Sheetz, SecureAlert, Zilliant
Apero Solutions, Heath Village, International Energy Services, Exact Software, PepsiCo Russia, Pero, SVK, FreshERP
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