CouchDB Alternatives

Apps similar to CouchDB include PostgreSQL, which is free and open source. Other options are MongoDB, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and Redis. There's no shortage of Relational Databases like CouchDB, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. DoltLite icon
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    A SQLite fork that replaces the B-tree storage engine with a content-addressed prolly tree, giving Git-like version control on a SQL database. The parser, planner, and VDBE stay upstream-derived above SQLite's btree.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • SQLite
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. dragonfly icon
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    Dragonfly is a lightning fast, in-memory data store built for heavy workloads running on modern cloud hardware. Dragonfly is 100% API compatible with Redis, Valkey, and Memcached, allowing for quick and seamless migrations that result in up to 25X better performance on half the...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. Gel Data icon
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    Postgres is the endgame database. Gel supercharges it with a modern data model, graph queries, Auth & AI solutions, and much more.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
    • Online
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  4. Managed cloud databases with flat monthly pricing: PostgreSQL, MySQL, FerretDB, Valkey, ClickHouse and more in one dashboard, plus a desktop app and CLI for local development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. CUBRID Database icon
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    CUBRID is a comprehensive GPL/BSD open source relational database management system highly optimized for Web Applications. CUBRID is being developed in C/C++. Includes native HA, online hot backup, and other features. JDBC, PHP, ODBC/.NET, Ruby & Python APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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