Best Database Testing Tools in 2026
Updated
In short: DataKitchen TestGen is ranked #1 of 26 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Great Expectations and Soda. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Great Expectations. The lowest first paid tier on this page is QuerySurge at $1.58/mo.
Reliable database changes depend on checks that match the data and systems you work with. These tools are compared on database support, data quality checks, schema migration tests, stored procedure tests, test execution, and test language. Great Expectations, Soda, and DataKitchen TestGen lead the displayed entries, followed by DbFit and pgTAP. Compare the listed capabilities with the databases and languages already in your workflow, then consider which types of tests you need to run. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide additional points of comparison when weighing those testing needs.
26 database testing tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Recognised 40% · Phone app 26% · Documented 20% · Free plan 14% of the score
- 1 DataKitchen TestGen No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3$100/mo Database support: Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks SQL, Google BigQuery, Microsoft OneLake (Microsoft Fabric), Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Salesforce Data 360, SAP HANA, SnowflakeSchema migration tests: Yes
- 2 Great Expectations No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3Free Database support: AlloyDB, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Citus, Databricks SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Neon, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, SQLite, TrinoSchema migration tests: Yes
- 3 Soda No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.3$750/mo Database support: Athena, BigQuery, Databricks SQL, Dremio, DuckDB, Fabric, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Spark Dataframe, Snowflake, SQL Server, Synapse, TrinoSchema migration tests: Yes
- 4 Atlas No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2$9/mo
- 5 Bytebase Enterprise No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2$20/mo
- 6 SQLancer No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free Database support: Citus, ClickHouse, CockroachDB, Databend, Apache DataFusion, Apache Doris, DuckDB, H2, Apache Hive, HSQLDB, MariaDB, Materialize, MySQL, OceanBase, PostgreSQL, Presto, QuestDB, Apache Spark, SQLite, TiDB, YugabyteDB
- 7 utPLSQL No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 6.2Free Database support: Oracle Database 19c or newerStored procedure tests: Yes
- 8 DbFit No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8
- 9 pgTAP No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.8 Database support: PostgreSQLSchema migration tests: YesStored procedure tests: Yes
- 10 Liquibase No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.7
- 11 Redgate SQL Provision No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.6 Database support: SQL Server; Azure SQL Database; SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines; SQL Server on Amazon Virtual Machines; Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server; SQL Server on Google Cloud Virtual MachinesStored procedure tests: Yes
- 12 QuerySurge No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.5$1.58/mo Database support: Access, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Synapse, Btrieve, DB2, EnterpriseDB, Exasol, Greenplum, Impala, IMS, Informix, MariaDB, MySQL, Nonstop SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAP Business One, SAP HANA, SQL Server, SingleStore, Sybase, Sybase IQ, Teradata, xBaseSchema migration tests: Yes
- 13 tSQLt No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.4 Database support: Microsoft SQL ServerSchema migration tests: YesStored procedure tests: Yes
- 14 NBi No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Database support: OleDb-compatible databases; ODBC-compatible databases; ADOMD-compatible databases; SQL Server; MySQL; PostgreSQL; Mondrian; Neo4j; Gremlin-compatible databases; Azure Cosmos DBStored procedure tests: Yes
- 15 Percona pstress No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.3 Database support: MySQL, Percona Server, Percona XtraDB ClusterSchema migration tests: Yes
- 16 Amazon Deequ No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Schema migration tests: Yes
- 17 pgtestdb No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.2 Database support: PostgreSQLSchema migration tests: Yes
- 18 ContextQA Database Testing No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Database support: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDBSchema migration tests: Yes
- 19 Database Rider No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1
- 20 Datafold No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Database support: Amazon S3, Azure Data Lake Storage, Athena, Azure Synapse Analytics, BigQuery, Databricks, Dremio, Google Cloud Storage, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Netezza, Vertica, Oracle, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Redshift, SAP HANA, Starburst, Teradata, TrinoSchema migration tests: Yes
- 21 mori No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.1 Database support: PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, DuckDB, Redis, FirestoreSchema migration tests: Yes
- 22 SQLFluff No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.0
- 23 VALISOLUTION No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 5.0 Database support: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
- 24 HammerDB No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.9
- 25 pgroll No phone app RecognisedPhone appDocumentedFree plan 4.7Free
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Questions about this list
Which database testing tool is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
DataKitchen TestGen is ranked #1 of 26 with a score of 6.3. Great Expectations is second and Soda third.
How many of these have a free plan?
8 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, QuerySurge has the lowest first paid tier we found: $1.58/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.