CedarDB
Shares rank 18 of 22 databases by recommenders
People recommend it for its adaptive row and column storage and its expected performance. The most common caveat is that it is closed source.
People recommend it for its adaptive row and column storage and its expected performance. The most common caveat is that it is closed source.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Expected strong performance
“It's likely to kick ass in terms of performance.”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Efficient String Compression for Modern Database Systems” Adaptive row and column storage
“The most novel design, I think, is CedarDB (developed by Thomas Neumann's database group at TUM), which adaptively stores both row and column versions of the data”
Comment from 22 Apr 2026 in “Columnar Storage Is Normalization” Enthusiastic fans of the project
“CedarDB is a super cool project, we're fans!”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Spice Cayenne – SQL acceleration built on Vortex”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Closed source, not open source
“I suspect it not being open source may prevent a certain level of proliferation unfortunately.”
Comment from 6 Feb 2026 in “It's 2026, Just Use Postgres” “cedar is closed source in a way that at the moment I think may kill it”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “We're Building Postgres in Rust. Using the LLVM of Databases” “it's not FOSS, so buyer beware”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Efficient String Compression for Modern Database Systems”
Other databases people recommend
The four most recommended other databases, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL | 816 | 233 | 78% | 13 | 10 yrs42 owners | Approved |
| MySQL | 124 | 107 | 54% | 12 | — | — |
| Microsoft SQL Server | 73 | 59 | 55% | 12 | 20 yrs6 owners | — |
| Microsoft Access | 62 | 39 | 61% | 12 | — | — |
| CedarDBThis page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There is too much talk and nothing to see here.”
“cedar is closed source in a way that at the moment I think may kill it”
“The most novel design, I think, is CedarDB (developed by Thomas Neumann's database group at TUM), which adaptively stores both row and column versions of the data”
“I suspect it not being open source may prevent a certain level of proliferation unfortunately.”
“It's likely to kick ass in terms of performance.”
“it's not FOSS, so buyer beware”
“CedarDB is not free to use beyond a size limit.”
“CedarDB is a super cool project, we're fans!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.