| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 17 | 6 |
| Spec score · Spatial Databases | 9.3 (#1) | 7.9 (#21) |
| Spec score · Multimodel Databases | 9.2 (#2) | 7.8 (#18) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 9.0 (#10) | 8.1 (#45) |
| Deployment | CrateDB can be used as a fully managed service or deployed on preferred infrastructure, and its download page provides Linux and macOS installation information plus Docker and Kubernetes guides. | RavenDB is available as cloud, on-premises, and Edge deployments. |
| Founded | 2013 | 2010 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States | Hadera, Israel |
| High availability | Built-in replication and automatic failover are designed to keep clusters running through node failures. | RavenDB lists clustering, sharding, failover, and cluster-wide transactions among its features. |
| Integrations | Documented integrations include Tableau Cloud, Power BI, Kafka, StreamSets, DBeaver, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow, Superset, Metabase, Excel and n8n. | Listed integrations include SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Snowflake, Power BI, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes. |
| Security | CrateDB describes authentication, authorization, encryption, audit logging and compliance certifications across managed and self-managed deployments. | RavenDB lists X.509 certificates, TLS 1.3, storage encryption, encrypted backups, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC Type II and Type III, and HIPAA on its security and trust pages. |
| Support | Support options include a Discourse community, GitHub issues and feature requests, documentation and paid support plans. | RavenDB says support requests are handled through paid support plans, with professional and production options listing email and phone support and SLA details. |