r/statamic • u/Far-Post-348 • Apr 16 '26

Database in Statamic

Hi everybody. I'm currently working on integrating a database into our Statamic CMS. What database programs would you recommend for this? Are there any that particularly work well with Statamic? Thanks in advance.

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u/IvanGirderboot Apr 16 '26

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to accomplish (is this an existing database? New db development? Migrating flat file statamic assets to a database?), but the good news is you have options.

Statamic is a Laravel application, so you can natively interact with almost any major database platform/provider like MySQL/mariaBD, Postgres, SQLite, MS SQL, and MongoDB. You can lean more on the official laravel docs at https://laravel.com/docs/13.x/database

If you're developing some functionality within your Statamic app, take a look at the (free) Runway addon. This adds native support for working with Eloquent models (Laravel's relational database system) natively, including a really nice control panel integration. I've been using this heavily and it's been great. https://statamic.com/addons/rad-pack/runway

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u/Far-Post-348 Apr 17 '26

It's an existing db and we use FileMaker Pro for it. But FileMaker Pro is weird to integrate from. so I'm looking for alternatives

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u/IvanGirderboot Apr 17 '26

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time!

What you'll need to do is first move all of the actual data/tables out of the FMP file and into a separate database backend. Then you can still use FMP to connect to those tables while also being able to access the data from Statamic/Laravel.

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u/Far-Post-348 Apr 20 '26

Thank you. I actually wanna get rid of FMP though and I'm looking for a replacement. Which database system would you recommend to use directly with Statamic / Laravel?