Data model

Wide-Column databases

Rows partitioned by key with flexible columns, built for massive write throughput across many nodes. The leading options are Apache Cassandra, ScyllaDB and Google Cloud Bigtable.

14 active · ordered by fit for this category, then WhichDB Score

Apache CassandraWide-Columnopen source

Masterless wide-column database built for always-on writes across data centers.

55.9
ScyllaDBWide-Column

C++ rewrite of Cassandra with shard-per-core design; also speaks the DynamoDB API.

45.9
Google Cloud BigtableWide-Columnmanaged

Google's managed wide-column store, the original Bigtable, with HBase API and SQL access.

33.3
Apache HBaseWide-Columnopen source

Hadoop's Bigtable clone: strongly consistent wide-column tables on top of HDFS.

26.6
Apache AccumuloWide-Columnopen source

Sorted, distributed key-value store on HDFS with cell-level security labels.

15.3
DataStax Astra DBWide-Columnmanaged

Serverless Cassandra-as-a-service with vector search and a JSON Data API, now owned by IBM.

11.7
Amazon KeyspacesWide-Columnmanaged

Serverless, CQL-compatible Cassandra service on AWS with no clusters to manage.

2.4
Azure Cosmos DBDocumentmanaged

Microsoft's globally distributed, multi-API NoSQL and vector database with SLA-backed latency.

45.3
YugabyteDBRelationalopen source

Apache-licensed distributed SQL that reuses the PostgreSQL query layer on a Raft-replicated storage engine.

32.7
Azure Table StorageKey-Valuemanaged

Cheap, schemaless key-attribute store inside an Azure Storage account.

19.7
Oracle NoSQL DatabaseKey-Valueopen source

Oracle's sharded key-value and JSON store, available as Apache-licensed software or an OCI service.

13.7
TidesDBKey-Valueopen source

Young C storage-engine library: transactional LSM with MVCC, column families and TTL.

13.7
BangDBDocument

Converged C/C++ NoSQL platform mixing key-value, documents, time-series, stream processing, graph and ML.

2.1
TDSQL (Tencent)Relationalmanaged

Tencent's financial-grade MySQL-compatible database family: distributed TDSQL and cloud-native TDSQL-C.

0.0

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