Embedded Databases
Alternatives to DuckDB UI
The tools Specifiction weighs against DuckDB UI, from its list of embedded databases, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Chroma Chroma suits teams building AI applications that need vector search, metadata filtering, or integrations with embedding and application frameworks.
From $250/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.4 Visit Specs - 02
HSQLDB HSQLDB suits developers and organizations that can run a Java database themselves and need embedded or server modes.
From $8.33/mo Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API9.2 Visit Specs - 03
SQLite SQLite suits applications needing local database storage where writer concurrency is low and content is less than a terabyte.
From $12.50/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.7 Visit Specs - 04 EJDB2
EJDB2 suits developers who want an embeddable JSON database and can work with its C API or maintained Java and Node.js bindings.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS8.5 Visit Specs - 05 Firebird
Firebird suits teams that want a self-hosted relational database with multiple deployment architectures and broad driver options.
From €199/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 06 bbolt
It suits Go applications that need an embedded key-value store, particularly for read-intensive workloads or range scans.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS8.4 Visit Specs - 07 LadybugDB
LadybugDB suits developers and teams building analytical or agent-oriented applications around graph data.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.4 Visit Specs - 08 H2 Database Engine
H2 suits developers needing a free Java SQL database with embedded or server deployment.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 09
eXtremeDB eXtremeDB is for developers working with embedded devices and applications who need in-memory, persistent, or hybrid storage.
Free trial Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS8.0 Visit Specs - 10 RocksDB
RocksDB suits developers building database storage engines, application caches, or other embedded workloads that need persistent key-value storage.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS8.0 Visit Specs - 11
RxDB RxDB suits JavaScript developers building offline-capable applications across browsers, mobile, desktop, or server environments.
From $99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 12 UnQLite From $1,250/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.0 Visit Specs
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ObjectBox It suits mobile and IoT developers building local data storage or synchronization for offline and decentralized systems.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS7.9 Visit Specs - 14
Qdrant Qdrant suits developers building semantic search or recommendation systems who need vector and metadata filtering or hybrid retrieval.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.9 Visit Specs - 15
LanceDB LanceDB suits teams building and curating multimodal training datasets who need searchable tables, hybrid retrieval, versioning, and feature pipelines.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs - 16 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 · Android7.8 Visit Specs - 17 PouchDB
PouchDB suits JavaScript developers building apps that need local data access and synchronization with CouchDB-compatible servers.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 18 LevelDB Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs
- 19 libSQL Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.7 Visit Specs
- 20 sql.js Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs
- 21 LMDB Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.5 Visit Specs
- 22 PGlite Free plan Web · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs
- 23 WiredTiger Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API7.3 Visit Specs
- 24 Pebble Self-hosted6.8 Visit Specs
- 25 Tkrzw Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted6.8 Visit Specs
- 26 redb 6.4 Visit Specs
- 27 Badger Windows · macOS · Linux6.2 Visit Specs
- 28 Empress Embedded Database Windows · Linux6.0 Visit Specs
- 29 Perst Web · Android5.6 Visit Specs