multi-model database / realtime web
SurrealDB is a distributed, multi-model document-graph database with realtime capabilities, a SQL-like query language, and backend-as-a-service features.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Choose for a mature multi-model database with a longer ecosystem and a broader set of drivers.
🥑 ArangoDB is a native multi-model database with flexible data models for documents, graphs, and key-values. Build high performance applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions.
Choose for a JVM-based multi-model database with a rich schema and object-oriented features.
OrientDB is the most versatile DBMS supporting Graph, Document, Reactive, Full-Text and Geospatial models in one Multi-Model product. OrientDB can run distributed (Multi-Master), supports SQL, ACID Transactions, Full-Text indexing and Reactive Queries.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Choose for autoscaling serverless Postgres if you need a relational DB with SQL, not multi-model.
Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, code-like database branching, and scale to zero.
Choose for an all-in-one realtime BaaS with built-in database and user management instead of a raw database.
Realtime JavaScript Backend.
Choose for a cloud-native distributed SQL database with Postgres compatibility and serializable transactions.
CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.
Choose for a Postgres-compatible distributed SQL database with multi-region replication.
YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.
Choose for a lightweight distributed SQLite cluster if you need simple relational HA.
The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort.
Choose to scale an existing Postgres database with distributed tables via an extension.
Distributed PostgreSQL as an extension
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Choose for the most mature graph database with Cypher when your primary workload is graph.
Graphs for Everyone
Choose for high-speed graph analytics using GraphBLAS, especially for GraphRAG, but graph-only.
A super fast Graph Database uses GraphBLAS under the hood for its sparse adjacency matrix graph representation. Our goal is to provide the best Knowledge Graph for LLM (GraphRAG).
Choose if you want a simple realtime JSON database with changefeeds, but it's no longer actively developed.
The open-source database for the realtime web.
Choose for a distributed graph database with massive scale but only graph workloads.
A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availability
Choose for a GraphQL-native graph database with realtime subscriptions when graph is the main need.
high-performance graph database for real-time use cases
These projects were analysed and named surrealdb among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how surrealdb rates them is a separate judgement, made when surrealdb is analysed in its own right.
calls surrealdb “a multi-model database with vector search support; choose it when you need document/graph data and vectors in one system.”
Search infrastructure for AI
calls surrealdb “Choose when you need a centralized server-based document-graph database with realtime queries instead of P2P sync.”
An open source cybersecurity protocol for syncing decentralized graph data.
calls surrealdb “Choose it when you need a distributed document-graph database with realtime features instead of a local embedded file.”
LiteDB - A .NET NoSQL Document Store in a single data file
calls surrealdb “choose when you need a distributed, realtime document-graph database as a server rather than a local Python library.”
TinyDB is a lightweight document oriented database optimized for your happiness :)
calls surrealdb “Choose if you want realtime sync built into a full graph/document database rather than a library plus your own DB.”
Realtime database backend based on Operational Transformation (OT)