OrbitDB Alternatives

OrbitDB is described as 'Serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database. OrbitDB uses IPFS as its data storage and IPFS Pubsub to automatically sync databases with peers. It's an eventually consistent database that uses CRDTs for conflict-free database merges making OrbitDB an excellent' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 100 alternatives to OrbitDB for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best OrbitDB alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OrbitDB are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MongoDB and MariaDB.

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  1. RapidStash icon
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    RapidStash is a service for rapidly publishing sandbox APIs with just JSON. If you have an idea of what kind of data you want to send and receive but aren’t yet ready to build a backend, just throw some example data in a “stash” and interact with it there.

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. GraphDB icon
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    GraphDB is a RDF graph database or triplestore. It is the only triplestore that can perform semantic inferencing at scale allowing users to create new semantic facts from existing facts. It also has the ability to visualize triples.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Orient DB icon
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    The Document-Graph database supports SQL and Native Queries, asynchronous commands, intents, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    H2 is a relational database management system written in Java. It can be embedded in Java applications or run in the client-server mode. The disk footprint (size of the jar file) is about 1 MB.

    55 H2 Database Engine alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  5. SQLGate icon
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    SQLGate is an integrated database management and development solution that simplifies the construction and operation of databases. A solution that fits different types of databases, SQLGate is customized for seven different databases that make up 83.2% of the DBMS market.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. HSQLDB icon
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    HSQLDB (Hyper Structured Query Language Database) is a relational database management system written in Java. It has a JDBC driver and supports a large subset of SQL-92 and SQL:2008 standards. It offers a fast, small (around 1300 kilobytes in version 2.

    71 HSQLDB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Tarantool icon
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    A NoSQL database running in a Lua application server. Tarantool combines the network programming power of Node.JS with data persitence capabilities of Redis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. 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.

    51 CUBRID Database alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  9. Apache HBase icon
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    HBase is an open source, non-relational, distributed database modeled after Google's BigTable and is written in Java. It is developed as part of Apache Software Foundation's Apache Hadoop project and runs on top of HDFS (Hadoop Distributed Filesystem), providing...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Vertica icon
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    Vertica is a grid-based, column-oriented database designed to manage large, fast-growing volumes of data and provide very fast query performance when used for data warehouses and other query-intensive applications.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Hazelcast icon
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    Hazelcast is an in-memory Open Source data grid based on Java. By having multiple nodes form a cluster, data is evenly distributed among the nodes. This allows for horizontal scalability both in terms of available storage space and processing power.

    36 Hazelcast alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. LiteDB icon
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    LiteDB is an open-source, MongoDB-like database that requires no configuration and is mobile-ready. It's a serverless database delivered in a single DLL under 450kb, fully written in .NET C# managed code and compatible with .NET 4.5 and NETStandard 2.0.

    50 LiteDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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