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Couchbase
(150)4.3 out of 5
6th Easiest To Use in Document Databases software
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Couchbase’s operational data platform for AI is a scalable foundation for enterprise operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads that replaces legacy infrastructure and data services.

Users: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer · Industries: Computer Software, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 39% Small-Business, 34% Enterprise
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Couchbase features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.8
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
8.8
Data Model
Average: 8.5
8.6
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Varshini S.
VS
Whenever we carry deployments using Couchbase Capella into our cloud platform over our organization's network, we are able to obtain substantial... Read review
Verified User in Telecommunications
AT
Horizontal scalability. Good support. N1QL. Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Couchbase
Year Founded
2009
HQ Location
San Jose, CA
Twitter
@couchbase
136,485 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
891 employees on LinkedIn®
Arango
(115)4.6 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Free
9th Easiest To Use in Document Databases software
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Arango provides a trusted data foundation for Contextual AI — transforming enterprise data into a System of Context that truly represents the business, so LLMs can deliver better outcomes with unlimit

Users: Senior Software Engineer · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · Market Segment: 57% Small-Business, 23% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Arango features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.4
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.2
Data Model
Average: 8.5
8.4
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Kevin B.
KB
The mixture of document, search and graph has made our decisions easier. We can limit our stack to use Arango and not have an explosion of vendor... Read review
Sky R.
SR
ArangoDb is an extremeley versatile and well featured database. Being truly mulit-model, it can serve any purpose most developers would require,... Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Arango
Company Website
Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
106 employees on LinkedIn®
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Elasticsearch
(283)4.5 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Starting at $99.00
3rd Easiest To Use in Document Databases software
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OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Build next generation search experiences for your customers and employees that support your organization’s technology objectives. Elasticsearch gives developers a flexible toolkit to build AI-powered

Users: Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · Market Segment: 39% Mid-Market, 34% Enterprise
User Sentiment

Users like Elasticsearch's speed, flexibility, and its ability to handle large amounts of data efficiently, making it versatile for both search and analytics use cases. Users mentioned that Elasticsearch can become complex to manage as it grows, requiring careful planning and monitoring to avoid performance and stability issues, and its documentation can sometimes be hard to follow.

User SatisfactionSeller Details
Elasticsearch features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.8
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.5
Data Model
Average: 8.5
8.9
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
Seller Details
Seller
Elastic
Company Website
Year Founded
2012
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
Twitter
@elastic
64,411 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
4,808 employees on LinkedIn®
Progress MarkLogic
(65)4.3 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Free
8th Easiest To Use in Document Databases software
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Progress MarkLogic is an enterprise-grade multi-model data management platform that unlocks value from complex data. It works with the full breadth of a company's information and makes it easily disco

Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · Market Segment: 54% Enterprise, 25% Small-Business
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Progress MarkLogic features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.1
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
8.3
Data Model
Average: 8.5
8.3
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Verified User in Computer Software
UC
MarkLogic is a one-stop solution for our official works like search engine, database platform and knowledge transfer. MarkLogic runs on Non-Sql... Read review
Abdalla H.
AH
Fast pipelines relying on its multi-model approach to handle any incoming data sources Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Progress Software
Company Website
Year Founded
1981
HQ Location
Burlington, MA.
Twitter
@ProgressSW
48,877 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
4,205 employees on LinkedIn®
Percona Server for MongoDB
(41)4.6 out of 5
Entry Level Price:0$
5th Easiest To Use in Document Databases software
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Percona Server for MongoDB is a free and open-source drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition. It combines all the features and benefits of MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-class feat

Industries: Information Technology and Services, Education Management · Market Segment: 54% Small-Business, 29% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Percona Server for MongoDB features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.6
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
8.2
Data Model
Average: 8.5
8.3
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
UM
One of the best feature is that it is schema-free and have a long list of supported programming languages like C,C++, Java, Perl, Dart, Javascript,... Read review
Jerald F.
JF
It's performance, resilience, and security. I suggest people go for it Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Percona
Year Founded
2006
HQ Location
Durham, North Carolina
Twitter
@Percona
16,386 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
338 employees on LinkedIn®
InterSystems IRIS
(68)4.6 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

InterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform that includes a multi-model transactional data management engine, an application development platform, and interoperability engine, and an ope

Industries: Computer Software, Hospital & Health Care · Market Segment: 50% Small-Business, 28% Mid-Market
User Sentiment

Users frequently mention the high performance, ease of infrastructure scalability, and the excellent support provided by the InterSystems team, along with the built-in programming language and features that are powerful and efficient. Reviewers experienced a steep learning curve for newer features or complex cloud configurations, lack of online tutorials and discussions covering the development process, and high licensing costs.

User SatisfactionSeller Details
InterSystems IRIS features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.8
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
9.7
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.5
Data Model
Average: 8.5
9.0
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
Seller Details
Seller
InterSystems
Year Founded
1978
HQ Location
Cambridge, MA
Twitter
@InterSystems
61,616 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2,072 employees on LinkedIn®
CrateDB
(85)4.4 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Free
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

The real-time database for analytics, search, and AI. Store any type of data and combine the simplicity of SQL with the scalability of NoSQL. CrateDB is an open source, multi-model, distributed and co

Users: Data Engineer, Software Engineer · Industries: Computer Software, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 54% Small-Business, 31% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
CrateDB features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.3
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.8
Data Model
Average: 8.5
9.4
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Limuel O.
LO
This is one of my favorite software because of its ease of use very ease to create a database, It can handle a massive amount of data, and it... Read review
Aidan A.
AA
I value the pricing over competitors like CockroachDB, and MongoDB Atlas for similar amounts of data stored and retrieved. Read review
Seller Details
Seller
CrateDB
Company Website
Year Founded
2013
HQ Location
Redwood City, CA
Twitter
@cratedb
4,187 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
44 employees on LinkedIn®
Fauna
(25)4.4 out of 5
Entry Level Price:0
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Fauna is a truly serverless operational database that empowers teams to ship applications faster. It combines the flexibility of a document model with the strong consistency and rich querying power of

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 64% Small-Business, 24% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Fauna features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
9.3
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.4
Data Model
Average: 8.5
8.3
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Verified User in Education Management
UE
The scaling options provided by fauna DB for the given pricing are very insightful and cheap compared to other options available in the market with... Read review
Ed A.
EA
Fauna sure does offer a lot of functionality in their free version. They have plenty of SDKs to choose from and a lot of walkthrus and tutorials. ... Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Fauna
Year Founded
2015
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
Twitter
@fauna
93,489 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
11 employees on LinkedIn®
InterSystems Caché
(33)4.3 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

InterSystems Caché® is a high-performance database that powers transaction processing applications around the world. It is used for everything from mapping a billion stars in the Milky Way, to process

Industries: Hospital & Health Care, Computer Software · Market Segment: 61% Small-Business, 24% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
InterSystems Caché features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.5
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
6.7
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
8.3
Data Model
Average: 8.5
0.0
No information available
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Sean C.
SC
Caché is a comprehensive platform that is much more than just a database. At its core, Caché is a key value hierarchical database that has... Read review
Lucas A.
LA
Caché is a very complete database. And it has a relational object structure, that allows to develop fast and organized routines. Like DBA, it has... Read review
Seller Details
Seller
InterSystems
Year Founded
1978
HQ Location
Cambridge, MA
Twitter
@InterSystems
61,616 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2,072 employees on LinkedIn®
Tembo
(26)4.7 out of 5
Entry Level Price:Free
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Tembo is a multi-workload Postgres managed service that enables organizations to harness the full power of Postgres for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. With robust SaaS and self hosted de

Industries: Computer Software · Market Segment: 85% Small-Business, 15% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Tembo features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
10.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
9.2
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.0
Data Model
Average: 8.5
9.3
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Verified User in Computer Software
UC
It resolves our specific needs such as the cloud and stack related deployments Read review
SN
The best thing I like about Tembo is that they have extensive postgres extension library Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Tembo
Year Founded
2022
HQ Location
Cincinnati, US
Twitter
@tembo_io
1 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
31 employees on LinkedIn®
Aerospike
(83)4.4 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

The Aerospike Real-time Data Platform enables organizations to act instantly across billions of transactions while reducing server footprint by up to 80 percent. The Aerospike multi-cloud platform pow

Users: Software Engineer · Industries: Marketing and Advertising, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 45% Mid-Market, 34% Enterprise
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Aerospike features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
9.2
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Verified User in Internet
UI
scalability. reliability. support is really fast and reliable Read review
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
XDR, cost reduction due to less memory required from our instances Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Aerospike
Year Founded
2009
HQ Location
Mountain View, CA
Twitter
@aerospikedb
7,850 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
306 employees on LinkedIn®
GigaSpaces
(14)4.6 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

GigaSpaces helps enterprises apply AI to real-time, structured operational data, enabling spontaneous, natural language conversations that accelerate decision-making, improve agility in unexpected sit

Market Segment: 50% Enterprise, 36% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
GigaSpaces features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
8.3
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
10.0
Data Model
Average: 8.5
0.0
No information available
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
SG
Its relatively new and well maintained with active support .     Based on Java     Ability to load balance , replication and failover... Read review
FW
Easy to start using the solution to prototype and test new ideas. Simplicity to add new features to the first solution delivered to answer new... Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Gigaspaces
Year Founded
2000
HQ Location
New York City, NY, USA
Twitter
@GigaSpaces
2,784 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
124 employees on LinkedIn®
Harper
(4)4.8 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

HarperDB eliminates the complexity typically synonymous with distributed services by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application

Market Segment: 50% Enterprise, 50% Small-Business
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Harper features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
10.0
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
0.0
No information available
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Dan A.
DA
I've used harperDB for a couple of apps. They provide a user-friendly dashboard UI where I can manage db clusters, schemas and tables, and have... Read review
Seller Details
Seller
HarperDB
Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Denver, US
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
48 employees on LinkedIn®
Hazelcast Platform
(13)4.3 out of 5
OverviewUser Satisfaction
Product Description

Hazelcast Platform is the Live Data Platform that delivers data at the speed of relevance, providing the in‑memory foundation for applications that act on data the instant it's created—ensuring busine

Market Segment: 54% Small-Business, 23% Mid-Market
User SatisfactionWhat G2 Users Think
Hazelcast Platform features and usability ratings that predict user satisfaction
8.3
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Average: 8.6
9.2
Query Optimization
Average: 8.0
9.2
Data Model
Average: 8.5
7.5
Operating Systems
Average: 8.4
What G2 Users ThinkSeller Details
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
I love the small memory of the library I embedded (since I have many issues with the memory of my pc). It is also very fast and not complex at... Read review
Verified User in Computer Software
UC
I like Hazelcast being configurable to auto back-up features of it. When one of your hazelcast instance is down, remaining instances in the cluster... Read review
Seller Details
Seller
Hazelcast
Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
Palo Alto, US
Twitter
@hazelcast
9,404 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
152 employees on LinkedIn®