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Bytebase governs database changes, access, and compliance for engineering, security, and AI-agent workflows.

Bytebase

Bytebase provides database change management, access control, and compliance workflows. Teams can plan, review, approve, deploy, mask, and audit database activity across environments.

It is used by developers, DBAs, platform teams, security teams, and AI agents. Bytebase offers cloud and self-hosted deployment, an SQL editor, MCP integration, APIs, and AI-assisted SQL. AI provider usage requires the customer's own provider key.

Features

  • Plan, review, approve, and deploy database schema and data changes
  • Git-based schema version control and declarative schema migration
  • SQL review with more than 200 pre-deployment rules
  • Web SQL editor with access control, masking, and query history
  • Just-in-time access grants and database permission controls
  • Immutable audit logs for database changes and access events
  • MCP server and AI-assisted SQL with GPT-6, GPT-5, Gemini, and Claude
  • Open-source core under the MIT Expat license; enterprise code uses LICENSE.enterprise

Use cases

  • Review and deploy production schema migrations
  • Control developer and AI-agent access to sensitive databases
  • Mask sensitive data in SQL query results
  • Audit database changes and access for compliance
  • Generate and explain SQL against a live database schema
  • Manage database changes through GitOps and CI/CD pipelines

Pros

    Cons

      Latest updates

      • Bytebase 3.24.1 - Nov 5, 2026 (3.24.1)

        Fixes Cloud SQL IAM memory growth and tenant-mode open connections; Terraform can manage project, workspace, AI provider, and review-rule settings.

      • Bytebase 3.24.0 - Oct 22, 2026 (3.24.0)

        MCP agents can request and approve access; adds a setup wizard, admin recovery without downtime, and BigQuery SQL review.

      • Bytebase 3.23.1 - Oct 8, 2026 (3.23.1)

        Role grants now use a Direct DDL/DML execution switch; task run rows show full statements; dates use relative age.

      • Bytebase 3.23.0 - Sep 24, 2026 (3.23.0)

        Added MCP access policy and inline comments on Plan review; supports any OIDC issuer and shows query plans in the result pane.

      Capabilities

      • Self-hosted — “Yes, you can deploy it in your own data center or private cloud without any external connectivity.” source
      • API — “API Reference” source

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      Security

      • SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.” source
      • SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.” source
      • HIPAA — “SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA.” source
      • Not: Data kept in the EU — “All infrastructure is hosted on Google Cloud Platform us-central region and managed through Terraform.” source

      Pricing

      Starting price
      $20/user/mo
      Prices checked
      2026-10-25

      Community

      Free

      • Community support
      • Up to 20 users
      • 10 database instances
      • Database change management

      Pro

      • $20 / user per month
      • Email support
      • Custom users
      • 10 database instances
      • Google, GitHub SSO
      • Groups

      Enterprise

      Price on request

      • SLA support
      • Custom users
      • Custom database instances
      • Custom approval, dynamic data masking
      • OIDC, LDAP SSO, SCIM, 2FA, audit log
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