Flyway vs Liquibase vs PostGIS

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Pros of Flyway
Pros of Liquibase
Pros of PostGIS
  • 13
    Superb tool, easy to configure and use
  • 9
    Very easy to config, great support on plain sql scripts
  • 6
    Is fantastic and easy to install even with complex DB
  • 4
    Simple and intuitive
  • 1
    Easy tool to implement incremental migration
  • 18
    Great database tool
  • 18
    Many DBs supported
  • 12
    Easy setup
  • 8
    Database independent migration scripts
  • 5
    Unique open source tool
  • 5
    Database version controller
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    Precondition checking
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    Supports NoSQL and Graph DBs
  • 25
    De facto GIS in SQL
  • 5
    Good Documentation

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Cons of Flyway
Cons of Liquibase
Cons of PostGIS
  • 3
    "Undo Migrations" requires pro version, very expensive
  • 5
    Documentation is disorganized
  • 5
    No vendor specifics in XML format - needs workarounds
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    What is Flyway?

    It lets you regain control of your database migrations with pleasure and plain sql. Solves only one problem and solves it well. It migrates your database, so you don't have to worry about it anymore.

    What is Liquibase?

    Liquibase is th leading open-source tool for database schema change management. Liquibase helps teams track, version, and deploy database schema and logic changes so they can automate their database code process with their app code process.

    What is PostGIS?

    PostGIS is a spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database. It adds support for geographic objects allowing location queries to be run in SQL.

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