GraphDB Alternatives

RedisGraph is the first free and open source queryable Property Graph database to use sparse matrices to represent the adjacency matrix in graphs and linear algebra to query the graph.

MongoDB is an open-source document-oriented distributed database built for modern applications. MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas and is classified as a NoSQL database. The database is freely distributed under the Server Side Public License, but MongoDB provides commercial version of the database for enterprise-scale applications.

A Chinese developed open-source NewSQL database that supports analytical processing and hybrid transactional workloads. TiDB is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and primarily developed by PingCAP, Inc. The database provides high availability with strong consistency and horizontal scaling and is compatible with MySQL.

PostgreSQL, or Postgres for short is a widely popular, free and open-source relational database management system. PostgreSQL is available for all major operating systems including macOS, Linux, Windows, BSD and Solaris. The project has been in active development for over 30 years now, and powers many of the applications you use on a daily basis.

MonetDB is an column-oriented database management system developed at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica. The database is released as free and open source software under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. By design, MonetDB can handle high performance on complex queries against large databases with hundreds of columns and millions of rows.

Azure Cosmos DB is a non-relational NoSQL database trusted by leading enterprises globally. With Azure Cosmos DB you can run No-ETL analytics over real-time operational data and run near-real time analytics and AI on the operational data within your NoSQL database, to reduce time to insight.

The worlds most popular free open-source relational database, MySQL is used by 150,000 + companies across the globe. The relational database management system is released and distributed under the GPL license and openly developed by the community. MySQL uses SQL as its query language and is fully integrated and ACID compliant.

CouchDB is a free and open-source document-oriented NoSQL database developed by the Apache Foundation. The database is written and implemented in the language Erlang and provides the use of multiple formats and protocols to store, transfer, and process data. With CouchDB you query data with JavaScript using MapReduce, and HTTP for an API. Which can be done across multiple distributed CouchDB instances as the database has the ability to synchronize multiple copies of the same database, across servers.

KeyDB is fast, free, and open-source NoSQL database with full compatibility for Redis APIs, clients, and modules. The database was originally forked from the Redis code-base and has been improved to handle multithreading, memory efficiency, and higher throughput. KeyDB is now a fully multithreaded and allow many machine cores to operate a single node resulting in 5X the throughput of Redis (v5) and up to 3x the throughput of Redis (v6). KeyDB also includes Redis Enterprise such as Active Replication, FLASH storage support, and other features like direct backup to AWS S3.

QuestDB is a relational column-oriented time series database designed for real-time analytics on time series and event data. It uses the SQL language and include extensions for time series data. QuestDB is released as free and open source software and distributed as a single binary including a trimmed version of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) weighing in at only 24.5 MB.

PouchDB is a free and open-source JavaScript database inspired by Apache CouchDB. The database is designed from the ground-up to run well within modern web browsers. With PouchDB you can create web applications that works as well offline as they do online. PouchDB achives this by storing data locally, then synchronize it with CouchDB and compatible servers when the user get internet access once again. This is especially useful for applications facing countries and regions with lower quality internet connections or unstable infrastructure.

Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value and document database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. The database is fully managed, multiregion, multimaster, and durable with built-in security, backup and restore, and in-memory caching for enterprise-scale applications. Amazon DynamoDB is part of Amazon Web Services and integrates well with other cloud-based AWS products.