Top NoSQL Databases Software for DataBase

Between them, the 24 best-ranked of these 41 NoSQL databases software cover data retrieval (7), data storage (7), access Controls/Permissions (5) and data replication (5). 24 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   Couchbase Server

   Key-Value Store Database · Data Retrieval · Data Storage

   Couchbase Server is a distributed JSON document database with a key-value layer, managed caching and a SQL-like query engine, sold in Enterprise and Community editions.

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   Azure Cosmos DB

   Object Oriented Database · Data Retrieval · Data Storage

   Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL and vector database from Microsoft on Azure, supporting document, key-value, graph and table models with multi-region writes.

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   ArangoDB

   Data Retrieval · Data Storage · Document Database

   ArangoDB is a multi-model database holding JSON documents, graphs and key-values, queried with AQL, now released under the Business Source License 1.1.

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   Aerospike

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Data Retrieval · Data Storage

   Aerospike is a distributed NoSQL database using a hybrid memory design of in-memory index and SSD storage, aimed at low-latency real-time workloads such as ad tech and fraud.

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   Riak KV

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Object Oriented Database · Full Text Search

   Riak KV is a decentralised key-value datastore written in Erlang, published under the Apache-2.0 licence, with limited recent activity in its repository.

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   MarkLogic

   Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Object Oriented Database · Full Text Search

   MarkLogic is a multi-model enterprise data platform from Progress Software, with Data Hub for integration and governance and FastTrack for building interfaces.

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   Redis

   NoSQL

   Redis is an in-memory data structure store used as a cache, message broker and primary store, offering strings, hashes, streams and other types.

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   Valkey

   NoSQL

   Valkey is an open source key-value datastore for caching, message queues and primary-database use, continuing the BSD-licensed Redis codebase under Linux Foundation backing.

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   Apache Cassandra

   NoSQL

   Apache Cassandra is a distributed wide-column database with masterless replication, designed for high write volume across nodes and data centres and queried with CQL.

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    ScyllaDB

    NoSQL

    ScyllaDB is a shard-per-core NoSQL database compatible with Cassandra and DynamoDB APIs, aimed at low-latency, high-throughput workloads and sold under a source-available licence.

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    Amazon DynamoDB

    NoSQL

    Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, fully managed key-value and document database on AWS, with on-demand or provisioned capacity, global tables and ACID transactions.

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    Google Cloud Firestore

    NoSQL

    Google Cloud Firestore is a fully managed NoSQL document database on Google Cloud, described as offering MongoDB compatibility, automatic scaling and real-time synchronisation.

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    Google Cloud Bigtable

    NoSQL

    Google Cloud Bigtable is a managed sparse table store that scales to billions of rows and petabytes, suited to high-throughput, low-latency single-key reads and writes.

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    Neo4j

    NoSQL

    Neo4j is a property-graph database queried with Cypher, offered as a free GPL Community Edition, a commercial Enterprise Edition and the AuraDB managed service.

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    Apache HBase

    NoSQL

    Apache HBase is a distributed, column-oriented store modelled on Bigtable and usually run on Hadoop HDFS, developed by the Apache Software Foundation.

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    Apache CouchDB

    NoSQL

    Apache CouchDB is a document database with an HTTP/JSON API and multi-primary replication, aimed at offline-first and sync-heavy applications.

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    TigerGraph

    NoSQL

    TigerGraph is a graph database platform marketed for fraud detection, AML and KYC, and customer intelligence, with a free Community Edition and enterprise editions.

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    Garnet

    NoSQL

    Garnet is a remote cache-store from Microsoft Research that uses the RESP protocol so existing Redis clients work, built on .NET for Linux and Windows.

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    DocumentDB (open source)

    NoSQL

    DocumentDB is a MongoDB-compatible open source document database built on PostgreSQL, with a BSON extension, an API extension and a gateway translating the MongoDB protocol.

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    RavenDB

    Multiple Programming Languages Supported · Object Oriented Database · Backup and Recovery

    RavenDB is a transactional document database. It stores data as documents and is available for self-managed use, although its delivery options and any cloud service were not…

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    Memgraph

    NoSQL

    Memgraph is an in-memory graph database released under the Business Source License 1.1 and the Memgraph Enterprise License.

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    Dragonfly

    NoSQL

    Dragonfly is an in-memory datastore compatible with Redis and Valkey clients, released under the Business Source License 1.1 with Dragonfly Cloud as its commercial service.

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    SurrealDB

    NoSQL

    SurrealDB is a multi-model database covering document and graph data in one engine, with version 3.3.0 released in September 2026.

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    FerretDB

    NoSQL

    FerretDB is a MongoDB-compatible layer that stores data in another database backend, with version 2.7.0 its most recent release.

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