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Should I use Liquibase Community?

Join the Liquibase community to connect, learn, and contribute to the evolution of database change management. - liquibase.org

Worth it. Buy if you're a dev team that wants free, reliable schema migrations across many databases. Skip if you need vendor SLAs, advanced governance, or pure open source — those live in paid Secure.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; Secure-tier pricing not disclosed in sources reviewed.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Community

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
SecureContact vendor

Best for

  • Dev teams automating DB migrations
  • Multi-database environments
  • Zero-budget startups
  • CI/CD pipeline integration

Not for

  • Teams needing advanced governance — paywalled in Secure
  • Anyone requiring guaranteed vendor support
  • SQL-first teams — Flyway is simpler
  • Purists demanding OSI-approved open source

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Free tier is a funnel: governance and advanced security live only in paid Secure.

medium

Licensed under FSL, not OSI open source — check restrictions before embedding or reselling.

medium

Support is forum-only; no guaranteed response times.

low

You self-manage vulnerability tracking via the free CVE Library.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free tier covers core database change management
  • Built-in support for a variety of databases
  • Free CVE library for Community users
  • Basic rollback included
  • Active community forum and docs

Cons

  • Advanced features gated behind paid Secure edition
  • Community rollback support is basic only
  • Quarterly releases slower than rivals like Flyway
  • Community-supported; no vendor SLA
  • Relicensed from Apache; open-source status disputed

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 12 sources - No breaches found; vendor publishes a free CVE library and shipped a security-focused 5.0.4 release.

official x5review x5security x1news x1
  • CVE-2022-0778 discussed in Liquibase forum, April 2022 community forum thread titled 'CVE-2022-0778 vulnerability in liquibase'.
  • Dependency CVEs tracked publicly, GitHub issue #7446 tracks vulnerabilities in dependencies.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free core tool; paid tier optional
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Users ask if they're 'using it wrong'
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Core migrations strong; advanced features paywalled
  • Support quality: 2/5. Community forum only; no SLA
  • Security posture: 3/5. Free CVE library; advanced security gated to Secure
  • $0 Starting price Community tier free
  • Yes Free tier Covers core change management
  • Quarterly Release cadence Community edition
  • 5.0.4 Latest version Security-focused release

Pricing

Community

Free

  • Core database change management
  • Basic rollback
  • Free CVE library

Secure

Contact vendor

  • Advanced security and governance
  • For mission-critical database change

Security

No breaches found; vendor publishes a free CVE library and shipped a security-focused 5.0.4 release.

  • CVE-2022-0778 discussed in Liquibase forumApril 2022 community forum thread titled 'CVE-2022-0778 vulnerability in liquibase'.
  • Dependency CVEs tracked publiclyGitHub issue #7446 tracks vulnerabilities in dependencies.

What users say

Reddit users find it neat and useful for schema migrations, though some struggle with setup and large databases.

“Anyone tried Liquidbase? Looks neat af”
Reddit, r/homelab
“Does Liquibase work for large databases? or am I using it”
Reddit, r/SpringBoot

Companies that use it

Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; Secure-tier pricing not disclosed in sources reviewed.

Free and solid for core DB migrations, but advanced features are fenced off into paid Secure — dev teams win, enterprises pay.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; Secure-tier pricing not disclosed in sources reviewed.

Sources

  1. Liquibase Pricing 2026 — G2g2.com
    review
  2. Community vs Secure — Liquibaseliquibase.com
    official
  3. Bytebase vs. Liquibase comparisonbytebase.com
    review
  4. Flyway vs. Liquibase comparisonbytebase.com
    review
  5. Introducing the CVE Library for Community Usersliquibase.com
    security
  6. Releases · liquibase/liquibasegithub.com
    official
  7. Liquibase Community is licensed under the FSLgithub.com
    official
  8. Liquibase Unveils Liquibase Secure and Liquibase 5.0businesswire.com
    news
  9. i360 uses Liquibase to manage thousands of DB schemasliquibase.com
    official
  10. Liquibase Docs Homepagedocs.liquibase.com
    official
  11. r/homelab — Anyone tried Liquidbase?reddit.com
    review
  12. r/SpringBoot — Does Liquibase work for large databases?reddit.com
    review

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