Best Advanced Database Cleaner alternatives

7 database optimization plugins compared with Advanced Database Cleaner on features, pricing and WordPress.org stats.

Budget-conscious site owners who want caching, image compression and database cleanup from one free plugin.

+ Has Backup before cleanup, WP-CLI − Lacks Leftover options & cron jobs $49/yr

Large or long-lived sites that need to find out which plugin owns each table and option and clean in safe batches.

− Lacks Action Scheduler logs, Convert to InnoDB $39/yr

Sites hosted on LiteSpeed or OpenLiteSpeed servers that want server-level caching and a full optimisation toolkit for free.

+ Has WP-CLI − Lacks Leftover plugin tables, Leftover options & cron jobs Free

Small sites and blogs that want revisions and trash trimmed automatically with almost no setup.

+ Has Limit future revisions − Lacks Leftover plugin tables, Leftover options & cron jobs Free

Site owners and agencies who want strong, low-effort speed improvements on standard hosting and are happy to pay a yearly licence.

− Lacks Orphaned & duplicate metadata, Leftover plugin tables $59.95/yr

Developers who want a safe, scriptable free cleaner they can run via WP-CLI.

+ Has WP-CLI − Lacks Leftover plugin tables, Leftover options & cron jobs Free

Sites that already have page caching and want granular control over scripts, CSS and WordPress bloat.

+ Has Limit future revisions − Lacks Orphaned & duplicate metadata, Leftover plugin tables $29.95/yr