Liquibase
A tool for managing and versioning database schema changes across deployments
- Also known as
- liquibase
What is Liquibase?
Liquibase is a database change management system that helps teams track, version control, and automate deployment of schema modifications. It supports multiple database platforms and provides both open-source and commercial versions.
Liquibase pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free Community edition; Pro available with commercial license
Community
FreeOpen-source version with built-in support for multiple databases
Pro
Commercially licensed version with additional features and database support
What Liquibase does
The capabilities that matter for orm & database tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Type-safe queries
- -
- Schema migrations
- ✓
- Relations / joins API
- -
- Languages
- -
- Schema-first modelling
- -
- Raw SQL escape hatch
- -
- Multiple database backends
- ✓
- Connection pooling
- ✓
- Data browser / studio
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (16)
Independently observed- PostgreSQL•
- Oracle•
- MySQL•
- MSSQL•
- MongoDB•
- H2•
- ServiceNow
- GitHub
- Harness
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI/CD
- Quarkus•
- Keycloak•
- Docker•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 1 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Liquibase FAQ
Common questions about Liquibase, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Liquibase?
Database change management platform with version control, automatic ordering, and support for SQL, NoSQL, and data warehouses. Downloaded over 100 million times. It is indexed under ORM & Database Tools.
Is Liquibase free to use?
Liquibase is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Paid editions are also offered: Secure, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Liquibase support?
Liquibase supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Liquibase be self-hosted?
Yes. Liquibase can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
What does Liquibase integrate with?
We have confirmed 6 integrations for Liquibase, including ServiceNow, GitHub, Harness, Terraform, Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Liquibase alternatives
Other orm & database tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Prismamedium · 74%
- SequelizeAn ORM library for building database-driven Node.js and TypeScript applicationsmedium · 69%
- SQLAlchemyA Python library combining low-level SQL control with object-relational mapping for database accesshigh · 78%
- KyselyBuilds SQL queries with compile-time type safety for TypeScripthigh · 78%
- MikroORMA database abstraction layer for Node.js applications written in TypeScripthigh · 79%
- Hibernate ORMA Java library providing type-safe, object-oriented access to relational databaseslow · 49%
Compare Liquibase
Side by side against other orm & database tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Liquibase, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent projects | 75 | 0.08 | 6.0 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 49 | 0.12 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.10 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 72 | 0.07 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Security score | 58 | 0.05 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 71 | 0.03 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.05 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 34 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Multi db, Migrations, Connection pooling | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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