Best Document Databases in 2026
21 document databases ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
21ranked
15free plans on this page
$0.08/molowest paid tier
3 Oct 2026last checked
#1 RavenDB Top pick · 9.0 Free plan · Free
#2 Firestore Runner-up · 9.0 Free plan · Free #3 Amazon DocumentDB Also great · 8.0 $0.08/mo
- Free plan apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- both
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON; binary attachments
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free planFree trial AndroidapiiOSWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- cloud
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free trial apiWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Deployment model
- cloud
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON, BSON
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$0.08/mofirst paid tier About Amazon DocumentDBVisit site - Free plan self-hosted
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- both
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON, JSON Lines, CSV
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$0.19/mofirst paid tier About SurrealDBVisit site - Free planRecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
- Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- JSON documents; binary attachments
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - AndroidapiiOSLinuxWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- cloud
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON, Binary, CSV, TSV, JSONL
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan WindowsLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- BSON, extended JSON
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- both
- Document formats
- BSON
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- both
- Document formats
- JSON, CSV
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- JSON, base64, Blob
- Transactions
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Deployment model
- both
- Document formats
- BSON, JSON
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free planRecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
- Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- XML, binary
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- JSON objects, arrays, and strings
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- XML, HTML, JSON, CSV
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WebmacOSLinux
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- ADM, JSON, delimited-text, binary
- Transactions
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 19 /mo
- Deployment model
- cloud
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 0.05 /mo
- Deployment model
- both
- Managed cloud
- Yes
- Document formats
- JSON, MsgPack, Raw
- Transactions
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Document formats
- JSON
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial -
- Deployment model
- self_hosted
- Managed cloud
- No
- Document formats
- JSON, Pickle, YAML
- Transactions
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
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Questions about this list
Which document database is ranked first on Specifiction?
RavenDB is ranked #1 of 21 with a score of 9.0. Firestore is second and Amazon DocumentDB third.
How many of these have a free plan?
15 of the 21 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Amazon DocumentDB has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.08/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing. Paid placements never change a rank.
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