SQLite 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

SQLite

4.4

(118)

Pricing

Starting at $2,000.00 one time

About SQLite

SQLite is a license-based software library that provides businesses with a serverless and self-contained SQL database management system. The embedded database engine allows developers to manage multiple tables, triggers, indices and views of data within a single disk file and store additional files in a rollback journal for future purposes.

Key features of SQLite include foreign key support, error and warning log, database analyzer, full-text search and JSON integration. The library comes with built-in scalar SQL functions, which lets administrators manage date and time strings, language expressions such as syntax, constants, if-then-else cases and between or like comparisons in databases. Additionally, users can also attach multiple databases into a single database connection to quickly write programs.

SQLite provides a C-language Interface and backup API, which lets businesses import or export content from disk files and store it in the database. It is available on a one-time license fee.

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SQLite Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $2,000.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

SQLite License

$6,000.00

flat rate, one time

No plan information available

SQLite Encryption Extension

$2,000.00

flat rate, one time

No plan information available

Compressed And Encrypted Read-Only Database

$2,000.00

flat rate, one time

No plan information available

The ZIPVFS Read/Write Compressed Database Extension

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

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SQLite Features

Popular features found in Database
Backup and Recovery
Database Conversion
Data Connectors
Data Migration
Data Replication
Data Virtualization
Multiple Programming Languages Supported
Performance Analysis
Secure Data Storage
More features of SQLite
API
Automatic Backup
Built-In Database
Database Support
Data Capture and Transfer
Data Extraction
Data Storage Management
Data Synchronization
Data Verification
Multiple Data Sources
Real-Time Data
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SQLite User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

55%

36%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

3.6

Functionality

4.1

Manuel Eduardo M.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

A complete and productive database manager

As a student, I have used SQLite in several projects, in which my experience has been good. Thanks to its interface, understanding all its specific functions was not so difficult for me and at the same time working with its tools is an effective and fast process.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Access to databases created in SQLite is fast and easy, because it works as its own independent server. Its connection and management with computer and mobile applications is one of the best, its interface is quite simple and easy to use for the user.

Cons:

It seems to me the most complete program in its field of work, so I don't see any cons about this program.

Anderson M.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

Easy to become a problem

On a Windows Forms app we used to query services thousand times for data that does not change so frequently. We also had to store some business information (imagine as storing a wizard progress) and that used to be handled using TXT files (and it was a mess). We changed to SQLite and it worked almost like a charm but as the app grew and we decided to create an architecture similar to Google Chrome (multiple processes) it became a major problem for all of them to both read and write at it (we had to create a proxy app to write).

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Integrates nicely with .NET (specially Windows Forms) applications, it's really easy to use (specially if you're already familiar with SQL Server) and deployment is really easy (copy/paste required files).

Cons:

It's locking architecture enables only a single process to write at a time so building a more complex application may cause hard-to-solve problems.

Wechuli P.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

Good but Limited Use

I use it to quickly test applications that need some form of data storage without needing to install database software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- Very lightweight database products that you can quickly set up to without needing to install complicated tooling so can be used in mobile forms or embedded devices.

Cons:

- Does not support the full features of SQL - SQLite does not have support for multi-client concurrency access and can't be used in applications that need this. - Validation of data to input fields is limited

Ramindu D.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

The best solution for small, pre-packaged databases

We included SQLite alongside web and mobile applications where a small database was needed with minimum latency. Most commonly, this use case involved storing dynamic configuration values and user preferences.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

SQLite is a great database solution when you have a small database that you need to package alongside an application, for example a database that stores user preferences. As it is local to the application, it bypasses issues you would have with other, larger database servers in terms of network latency. Its conformity (in the large part) to MySQL syntax and features make it easy to use as well.

Cons:

While SQLite's lack of scaling features is forgivable (that wasn't what it was built for after all) some SQL features that are not implemented make it a hassle to write queries to SQLite databases in some instances.

Nera Joy C.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

A good choice for storing small and local data

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

I love how SQLite is so portable, and can be used in different platforms. I doesn't need any bulky installation for me to use. It is so lightweight and there is no learning curve when you came from MS SQL.

Cons:

Maybe when opening a large sqlite file around 1GB above, it hangs up and sometimes fails to load. But maybe that's my fault because SQLite is not intended for storing large data. Good product anyway.

Rahul A.

Verified reviewer

Information Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

A lightweight relational database management system especially for offline mobile applications and d

We have used SQLite in developing many mobile apps, mostly Android App and as a database at back end we integrated this light weight DB system. The processing speed of queries is exceptionally fast. All the databases are working well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

SQLite is object based relational query language which keeps and maintained the whole databases in a very light weight, usually within 500kb to 1mb size, depending on size of databases. This database system has everything which a standard databases must have like relationships, events, all operations, etc. SQLite is very helpful in building application for Mobiles which stores databases in locally.

Cons:

1. No dedicated server required. 2. Very light weight and easy to follow commands with knowledge. 3. Large community support makes learning this language even more fast and easy 4. Easy to keep backups as the whole database stored in single file. 5. Easy to implement and integrate.

Dhruvil V.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2023

SQLite review

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

It is easy to use . We can easily manage and exicute data in it.

Cons:

I don't dislike this software its perfect.

Yngrid M.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

Database manager very functional, fast and easy to use for different programming languages

It is a public domain tool that when created with the C ++ language gives those who have experience in programming the facility to adapt it to their requirements, SQLite is independent of the platform. The operations are carried out very efficiently with a single library and a small memory

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

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Pros:

This Database Manager is really very functional, transactions are fast and its simple interface makes it easy to use, you can work with different programming languages such as PHP and phyton. It is much less complex than other handlers such as Postgres or MySQL

Cons:

It is not recommended for systems that use a large amount of data, rather for medium-sized applications or for websites whose number of transactions is very high. It also does not support systems under the client-server platform

Kaleb-John L.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2019

Exactly what the name says SQL lite

Whenever I need a database, SQLite is always a top option. Local storage is needed in most projects and the ability to use SQLite on almost any platform in almost any language means I always have the ability to execute the project with ease.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

SQLite is a go to for when I need a quick lite weight database. It provides the ability to create local storage with the ability to integrate into most programming languages. It uses the familiar SQL structure and doesn't require any administration.

Cons:

There are some areas where it deviates from using SQL language, but it is usually easily fixed by a quick Google search.