PouchDB vs RethinkDB
PouchDB
pouchdb.com
RethinkDB
rethinkdb.comSide by side
| Figure | PouchDB | RethinkDB |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Document Databases | 7.8 (#16) | 8.3 (#8) |
| API | PouchDB provides an asynchronous API that supports callbacks, promises, and async functions. | The public ReQL API includes commands such as connect, run, table, joins, reconfigure and HTTP access. |
| Integrations | The project describes itself as framework-agnostic and names Angular, React, Ember, and Backbone as examples. | Official documentation covers Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Rails, publish-subscribe systems, Node.js libraries and multiple ORMs. |
| Replication | Its replication API can sync local and remote databases, track future changes, and retry after connection failures when configured to do so. | Per-table replication can be configured through the web console or ReQL, including placement by server tags. |
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In their own words
PouchDB
PouchDB is a free, open-source JavaScript database for storing application data locally and synchronizing it with CouchDB and compatible servers. It keeps data available offline and can sync local and remote databases after a connection returns. Its replication API can follow later changes and retry after connection failures when configured. PouchDB runs in browsers and Node.js, as well as Cordova, PhoneGap, NW.js, Electron, and Chrome apps. Browser storage defaults to IndexedDB, while Node.js defaults to LevelDB. Documents can include image or audio attachments stored as base64 data or Blobs. PouchDB includes a map/reduce API; Mango queries require the separate pouchdb-find plugin. Its asynchronous API supports callbacks, promises, and async functions, and the project names Angular, React, Ember, and Backbone as framework examples. Listed compatible servers include CouchDB 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x, Cloudant, and PouchDB Server. Replication requires a backend that speaks the CouchDB replication protocol. The project homepage says Apache PouchDB is undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation.