Flyway and Migrax both keep a database schema in numbered SQL files, apply them in order and record what ran. The difference is where the SQL comes from. With Flyway you write every migration yourself. With Migrax you change your JPA entities and it writes the migration, which you then review.

This article makes the same change with both, on the same PostgreSQL database, and compares what each one does along the way. It also says where Flyway is the better choice.

Tested with: Flyway Community 13.12.0 (the open-source command line, released 2026-10-30), Migrax 0.17.1, Spring Boot 3.5.7, Hibernate 6.6.33, PostgreSQL 17. Compared on 2026-10-31. Statements about Flyway's editions come from Redgate's feature summary (last updated 2026-10-27).…