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Alternatives to DocumentDB

The tools Specifiction weighs against DocumentDB, from its list of document databases, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 Amazon DocumentDB
    Free trial Web · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Firestore

    Firestore suits developers building AI, web, or mobile applications who need a managed document database with real-time and offline client support.

    Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  3. 03 JayDB

    JayDB suits developers building static apps that need user- or tenant-specific documents, including AI-built apps and shared worker data.

    From $0.05/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  4. 04 eXist-db

    It suits developers building XML-centered applications who want a self-hosted database with XQuery and RESTXQ support.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.8 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Apache CouchDB

    CouchDB suits developers building applications around flexible JSON documents, especially where replication and offline-first behavior matter.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.5 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Apache AsterixDB

    AsterixDB suits teams building self-hosted web data warehouses or social-data analysis systems.

    Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · API
    8.3 Visit Specs
  7. 07 RethinkDB
    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

    It suits teams building flexible-schema, latency-sensitive, elastic, high-throughput, or highly available applications.

    Free plan API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  9. 09 BaseX

    BaseX suits developers building self-hosted, XML-oriented applications who need XQuery processing, database services, and desktop or web interfaces.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.1 Visit Specs
  10. 10 restdb.io
    From $19/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  11. 11 UnQLite
    From $1,250/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Couchbase Lite
    Web · Windows · Linux · iOS
    7.9 Visit Specs
  13. 13 JasDB

    JasDB suits developers who want a self-hosted document database for prototyping or embedding, particularly in Java/JVM or Android projects.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Android
    7.9 Visit Specs
  14. 14 SurrealDB
    From $0.19/mo Free plan Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  15. 15 PouchDB

    PouchDB suits JavaScript developers building apps that need local data access and synchronization with CouchDB-compatible servers.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.8 Visit Specs
  16. 16 RavenDB
    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.8 Visit Specs
  17. 17 IBM Cloudant
    Free plan Web · Linux · API
    7.7 Visit Specs
  18. 18 LiteDB

    LiteDB suits .NET developers who want an embedded document database for local, desktop, mobile, web, or per-user data.

    Free plan Windows · Linux · iOS · Android
    7.7 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Percona Server for MongoDB
    Free plan Linux · Self-hosted
    7.5 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Couchbase Capella
    From $0.15/mo Free plan Web
    7.2 Visit Specs
  21. 21 TinyDB
    Linux · Self-hosted
    6.6 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Azure DocumentDB

    It suits application teams that need BSON or JSON document storage with transactions or vector search.

    Windows · macOS · Linux
    6.5 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Couchbase Server
    6.1 Visit Specs
  24. 24 MongoDB Compass
    Windows · macOS · Linux
    5.8 Visit Specs
  25. 25 MarkLogic Server
    Web · Windows · Linux
    5.7 Visit Specs
  26. 26 MongoDB AtlasMongoDB, Inc.
    Web
    5.5 Visit Specs
  27. 27 Oracle Autonomous AI JSON Database
    Web
    5.4 Visit Specs

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