Database migration tools: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank database migration tools by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Database migration tools used to move production data, replicate changes, modernize legacy systems, and reduce risk during database cutovers. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Bytebase leads the database migration tools category with a composite score of 7.5, the only brand above zero, driven entirely by citation (25.0%) rather than visibility (0.0%). Airbyte sits second at 3.8 composite, also on 0.0% visibility but 12.5% citation. Every other brand in the top 10, including major cloud vendors AWS, Azure, and Google, records 0.0 on both metrics. The gap between Bytebase and the rest of the field is therefore absolute: no other brand comes close to its citation share.
The category shows a complete divergence between being named and being cited. All 20 brands register 0.0% visibility, meaning Google AI Mode is not surfacing any brand consistently in response framing. Yet Bytebase and Airbyte still accumulate citation percentages of 25.0 and 12.5 respectively. This means AI answers are referencing these tools as sources or supporting links without presenting them as primary named answers, a pattern that separates citation credit from narrative prominence.
The top cited sources list anchors heavily on community and third-party content: youtube.com and reddit.com appear before any vendor domain. Among vendor domains, bytebase.com appears fifth, learn.microsoft.com sixth. Ispirer and Skyvia, neither of which appear in the top 10 brand rankings, are cited sources, suggesting Google AI Mode is drawing on specialist migration content outside the main commercial vendors. The historical data also shows Liquibase falling from rank 1 to rank 6 with a visibility delta of -25.0, indicating a recent structural shift in how AI Mode covers this category.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility fallers
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Liquibase 25% → 0% · rank #1 → #6-25pp
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Talend 12% → 0% · rank #2 → #7-12pp
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Matillion 12% → 0% · rank #3 → #8-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
bytebase.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Bytebase holds the only non-zero composite score (7.5) in the category, with a 25.0% citation rate against a category average of 1.9%, making it the sole brand Google AI Mode consistently references. |
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| 2 |
airbyte.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Airbyte scores 3.8 composite on 12.5% citation and 0.0% visibility, placing it second overall but more than 9 points behind Bytebase on composite score despite both brands sharing zero visibility. |
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| 3 |
aws.amazon.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
AWS Database Migration Service records 0.0 on all three metrics, meaning the largest cloud vendor in the category earns no citation or visibility advantage from Google AI Mode in this audit period. |
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| 4 |
azure.microsoft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Azure Database Migration Service also scores 0.0 across visibility, citation, and composite, despite learn.microsoft.com appearing as a top cited source, indicating AI cites Microsoft docs without crediting the Azure product brand. |
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| 5 |
cloud.google.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Google Database Migration Service records 0.0 on all metrics even though Google AI Mode is the engine under analysis, showing no apparent home-field advantage for Google's own migration product in AI-generated answers. |
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| 6 |
liquibase.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
talend.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
matillion.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
oracle.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
qlik.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
striim.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
red-gate.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
percona.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
debezium.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
ibm.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
hevodata.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
estuary.dev
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
informatica.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
quest.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
continuent.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on database migration tools, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about database migration tools AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in database migration tools?
Bytebase leads with a composite score of 7.5 and a 25.0% citation rate. No other brand in the top 10 records a non-zero composite score in this audit period.
What is the overall visibility level across database migration tools brands?
The category average visibility is 0.0% across all 20 brands, meaning Google AI Mode does not surface any brand as a named presence in its primary responses for this category.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for database migration research?
The top cited sources are youtube.com and reddit.com, followed by domo.com, skyvia.com, and bytebase.com. Community and third-party content outranks most vendor domains in AI citation frequency.
Which major vendors have lost the most AI visibility recently in this category?
Liquibase dropped from rank 1 to rank 6 with a visibility delta of -25.0, while Talend and Matillion each fell five ranks with visibility deltas of -12.5. All three now sit at 0.0% visibility.
Does having a cited domain guarantee brand visibility in AI answers for this category?
No. Bytebase and Airbyte both hold citation percentages above zero yet record 0.0% visibility, showing that AI Mode cites these brands as sources without naming them prominently in answer narratives.
Do large cloud vendors such as AWS, Azure, or Google hold any AI citation advantage in this category?
All three record 0.0% citation and 0.0% visibility in this audit. Learn.microsoft.com appears as a cited source, but the Azure brand itself receives no citation credit, confirming no cloud vendor advantage in current AI responses.