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Best Heimdall Database Proxy Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from database proxy software ranked against Heimdall Database Proxy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ProxySQL Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.9
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs ProxySQL
  2. 2
    ShardingSphere-Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.8
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs ShardingSphere-Proxy
  3. 3
    TurbineProxy Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.8
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs TurbineProxy
  4. 4
    PgDog Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.5
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs PgDog
  5. 5
    Cloudflare Hyperdrive Free plan Web Free7.4
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Cloudflare Hyperdrive
  6. 6
    Pgpool-II Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.4
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Pgpool-II
  7. 7
    PgCat Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.3
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs PgCat
  8. 9
    DBLE Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.2
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs DBLE
  9. 10
    Supavisor Free plan apiself-hosted Free7.1
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Supavisor
  10. 11
    PgBouncer Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs PgBouncer
  11. 12
    HeliosProxy 6.8
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs HeliosProxy
  12. 13
    Odyssey LinuxMacself-hosted 6.7
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Odyssey
  13. 14
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.4
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs MySQL
  14. 15
    Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Amazon RDS
  15. 16
    kingshard self-hosted 6.2
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs kingshard
  16. 17
    PgDoorman LinuxMac 6.0
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs PgDoorman
  17. 18
    OceanBase Database Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.0
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs OceanBase Database
  18. 19
    Gaea 5.9
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Gaea
  19. 20
    TiCDC Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free5.9
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs TiCDC
  20. 21
    Cetus Linux 5.7
    Heimdall Database Proxy vs Cetus

Heimdall Database Proxy alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ProxySQL7.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
2ShardingSphere-Proxy7.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3TurbineProxy7.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4PgDog7.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Cloudflare Hyperdrive7.4Free planFreeWeb
6Pgpool-II7.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
7PgCat7.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
9DBLE7.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
10Supavisor7.1Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
11PgBouncer7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
12HeliosProxy6.8No——
13Odyssey6.7No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted
14MySQL6.4Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15Amazon RDS6.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
16kingshard6.2No—self-hosted
17PgDoorman6.0No—Linux, Mac
18OceanBase Database6.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Gaea5.9No——
20TiCDC5.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
21Cetus5.7No—Linux
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Questions about Heimdall Database Proxy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Heimdall Database Proxy?

ProxySQL, number 1 in database proxy software with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: ShardingSphere-Proxy, TurbineProxy, PgDog and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Heimdall Database Proxy?

ProxySQL is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.