Databases and AI agents — September 2026

Every one of them, best first

Every technology in this category the census can publish a figure for, including the ones above. A technology is here when it has all four dimensions and enough sample to publish; a technology that belongs to two categories is in both.

Technology	AWCS	Month by month
MariaDB MariaDB Sample n=472 Coverage 98.3% Margin ±2.44 The web overall 21.0% Two figures closer together than ±2.44 are tied, not ranked.	28.2%	= +2.6
Firebase Firebase Sample n=1,503 Coverage 94.7% Margin ±1.37 The web overall 21.0% Two figures closer together than ±1.37 are tied, not ranked.	20.3%	▲ +1.8
MySQL MySQL Sample n=53,020 Coverage 94.4% Margin ±0.23 The web overall 21.0% Two figures closer together than ±0.23 are tied, not ranked.	14.5%	▲ +0.3
Redis Redis Sample n=920 Coverage 96.6% Margin ±1.75 The web overall 21.0% Two figures closer together than ±1.75 are tied, not ranked.	14.5%	= −0.5
PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Sample n=192 Coverage 99.0% Margin ±3.82 The web overall 21.0% Two figures closer together than ±3.82 are tied, not ranked.	13.1%	= +2.9