whichdb

rankings

Database rankings

The WhichDB Score combines 8 public signals of developer adoption and mindshare into one 0–100 index. It measures popularity, not quality. The top five today are PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite. To pick by fit, use smart match.

How the score works→
Relational →
  1. 1PostgreSQL93.2
  2. 2MySQL82.3
  3. 3SQLite75.5
Document →
  1. 1MongoDB80.5
  2. 2Firebase65.4
  3. 3Google Cloud Firestore49.1
Key-Value →
  1. 1Redis84.3
  2. 2Amazon DynamoDB63.3
  3. 3Valkey58.0
Vector →
  1. 1Chroma49.0
  2. 2Milvus45.9
  3. 3Faiss44.7
Time-Series →
  1. 1Prometheus70.8
  2. 2InfluxDB51.0
  3. 3TimescaleDB47.1
Graph →
  1. 1Neo4j61.2
  2. 2ArangoDB40.0
  3. 3Apache TinkerPop Gremlin Server32.1
Search Engine →
  1. 1Elasticsearch75.1
  2. 2OpenSearch56.6
  3. 3Algolia54.3
Columnar / OLAP →
  1. 1Snowflake74.4
  2. 2ClickHouse69.8
  3. 3Google BigQuery65.3
567 ranked
Database
1PostgreSQLRelational · PostgreSQL Global Development Group
93.2		359.8M12.1K26.1K178.8K68622.6K12.1B3.9K
2RedisKey-Value · Redis Ltd.
84.3		308.5M3.1K12.6K25.4K13477.1K11.5B6.5K
3MySQLRelational · Oracle Corporation
82.3		127.2M2.3K20.1K657K5712.5K5.2B854
4MongoDBDocument · MongoDB, Inc.
80.5		126.8M1.5K17.2K175.2K7228.7K4.9B1.4K
5SQLiteRelational · D. Richard Hipp / Hwaci (SQLite Consortium)
75.5		48.5M6.6K12.9K94.9K1510.8K–2.5K
6ElasticsearchSearch Engine · Elastic N.V.
75.1		44.7M52425.8K58.2K3978.4K986M4K
7SnowflakeColumnar / OLAP · Snowflake Inc.
74.4		111.8M98823.5K12.2K65–––
8Microsoft SQL ServerRelational · Microsoft
71.0		55.4M6288.4K336.2K12–––
9PrometheusTime-Series · Prometheus Authors (CNCF)
70.8		136.7M7863.8K7K3166.8K2B6.5K
10ClickHouseColumnar / OLAP · ClickHouse, Inc.
69.8		39.6M1.4K8.1K2.2K4850.6K331.8M7.6K
11FirebaseDocument · Google
65.4		50.5M8315.7K143.1K135.2K–176
12Google BigQueryColumnar / OLAP · Google
65.3		160.1M2923.4K26.1K27–––
13DuckDBColumnar / OLAP · DuckDB Foundation / DuckDB Labs
63.7		59.9M1.8K6.4K5012542.6K261.6K9.3K
14Amazon DynamoDBKey-Value · Amazon Web Services
63.3		37M4633.9K14.3K16–467.6M–
15Neo4jGraph · Neo4j, Inc.
61.2		15M2045.3K23K917.4K328.2M2.3K
16ValkeyKey-Value · Valkey project (Linux Foundation)
58.0		2.7M2342.6K–927.5K360.3M4.5K
17Oracle DatabaseRelational · Oracle Corporation
56.9		21.7M13711.2K152.3K––––
18OpenSearchSearch Engine · OpenSearch Software Foundation (Linux Foundation)
56.6		46.7M1543.9K1.1K813.9K220.5M2.3K
19MariaDBRelational · MariaDB Foundation and MariaDB plc
56.2		3M4427.3K14.6K–8.5K3.2B2K
20Apache CassandraWide-Column · Apache Software Foundation
55.9		4.9M2084.7K20.9K310.1K274.2M788
21Amazon RedshiftColumnar / OLAP · Amazon Web Services
55.8		44.8M2011.7K8.8K11–––
22AlgoliaSearch Engine · Algolia
54.3		33.8M1.2K1.6K1.6K3–––
23SupabaseRelational · Supabase, Inc.
54.3		112.6M1.7K–2.1K36114.1K20.3M25K
24InfluxDBTime-Series · InfluxData
51.0		4.3M573.3K2.9K231.8K1.1B1.3K
25MemcachedKey-Value · Memcached community (originally Danga Interactive)
50.6		7.3M1242.2K5.2K–14.3K13.4B411
26Apache Spark SQLRelational · Apache Software Foundation
50.3		48.3M210K26.9K–44.3K30.7M2.6K
27TrinoRelational · Trino Software Foundation
49.9		15.4M871.3K893713.4K28.6M1.4K
28Google Cloud FirestoreDocument · Google
49.1		62.9M12510042.6K4–––
29ChromaVector · Chroma
49.0		7.6M131874––29.6K8.5M5.9K
30RocksDBKey-Value · Meta
48.2		2.5M1711.8K504632.2K–1.8K
31SplunkSearch Engine · Splunk (a Cisco company)
48.1		1.5M1817.5K2.3K1–93.7M–
32PostGISSpatial · PostGIS Project Steering Committee (OSGeo)
47.5		–1451.1K4.7K212.3K334.1M317
33CockroachDBRelational · Cockroach Labs
47.1		–853K467932.6K389.2M1.5K
34TimescaleDBTime-Series · TigerData (formerly Timescale)
47.1		–982.5K775623.8K135.4M3.5K
35MilvusVector · LF AI & Data Foundation (developed mainly by Zilliz)
45.9		4.6M671.1K208146.5K79.7M8.9K
36ScyllaDBWide-Column · ScyllaDB Inc.
45.9		1.8M681.8K381815.8K30.8M960
37Microsoft AccessRelational · Microsoft
45.8		–7117K57.8K––––
38IBM Db2Relational · IBM
45.5		4.1M792.5K12.9K––8.2M–
39Azure Cosmos DBDocument · Microsoft
45.3		16.7M281.9K7.8K2–––
40FaissVector · Meta (FAIR)
44.7		12.3M1271.5K134–41.2K–4K
41Apache CouchDBDocument · Apache Software Foundation
43.6		308.5K591.1K6.1K27K207.4M354
42AerospikeKey-Value · Aerospike, Inc.
40.4		949.1K283.2K84231.4K20.3M155
43ArangoDBGraph · Arango (ArangoDB Inc.)
40.0		2.9M139802K–14.3K41.8M455
44pgvectorVector · Andrew Kane and pgvector contributors
40.0		33.1M410–91323.5K269.6M5.6K
45Apache ZooKeeperHierarchical · Apache Software Foundation
39.9		–511.4K3.7K–12.8K360.3M346
46Apache SolrSearch Engine · Apache Software Foundation
39.8		–371.7K20.5K–1.7K357.9M226
47LMDBKey-Value · Symas Corporation / OpenLDAP Project
39.7		950.9K993.3K26013.1K–262
48SAP HANARelational · SAP SE
39.7		3.1M383.5K2K––––
49Consul KVKey-Value · HashiCorp (IBM)
39.0		–1035741.1K–30.1K110.6M923
50Apache LuceneSearch Engine · Apache Software Foundation
38.6		–751.8K11.9K–3.6K–453
51Teradata VantageRelational · Teradata Corporation
38.5		5.3M93K5.6K––––
52MotherDuckColumnar / OLAP · MotherDuck
37.7		476.6K106491–3–––
53PrestoRelational · Presto Foundation (Linux Foundation)
37.7		5.1M68153.2K–16.8K289.8K375
54FoundationDBKey-Value · Apple
36.8		37.9K1091K37516.8K5.1M1.2K
55QdrantVector · Qdrant Solutions GmbH
35.9		15.4M189–60135.3K53.3M8.9K
56TiDBRelational · PingCAP
35.9		57.8K581.2K102–40.7K9.4M1.9K
57PGliteRelational · ElectricSQL
35.1		43.4M119–––16.2K–3.3K
58Apache DruidColumnar / OLAP · Apache Software Foundation
35.0		2.4M4716620–14.1K7.3M340
59Google Cloud SpannerRelational · Google
34.5		17.7M41.8K733––––
60QuestDBTime-Series · QuestDB
34.1		319.6K31210282–17.5K3M1.4K
61Azure SQL DatabaseRelational · Microsoft
33.9		–5971610.1K1–––
62RethinkDBmaintenanceDocument · RethinkDB community (Linux Foundation)
33.6		109.4K112831.4K–27K77.7M238
63HazelcastKey-Value · Hazelcast, Inc.
33.5		91.2K68202.9K–6.6K25.3M259
64LevelDBmaintenanceKey-Value · Google
33.4		–301.2K411–39.5K–1.6K
65WeaviateVector · Weaviate B.V.
33.4		11.6M78–160116.9K34.1M2.3K
66Google Cloud BigtableWide-Column · Google
33.3		15.6M31.6K648––––
67VerticaColumnar / OLAP · Rocket Software
33.1		3.1M71.2K1.5K––––
68FirebirdRelational · Firebird Project (Firebird Foundation)
32.8		305.6K51.6K3.8K–1.5K355.3K127
69YugabyteDBRelational · Yugabyte, Inc.
32.7		–151.6K370–10.6K13M876
70Azure AI SearchSearch Engine · Microsoft
32.4		6.3M83611.8K––––
71etcdKey-Value · etcd maintainers / CNCF
32.4		–1551K478–52.4K–2.5K
72MeilisearchSearch Engine · Meili SAS
32.3		2.8M52–101159.7K61.9M6.2K
73Apache TinkerPop Gremlin ServerGraph · Apache Software Foundation
32.1		15.8M1473531–2.2K4.2M78
74PocketBaseRelational · Gani Georgiev
32.0		890.5K150–––61.6K–10.5K
75kdb+Time-Series · KX
31.8		42.1K351.9K2.3K––––
76Apache DataFusionColumnar / OLAP · Apache Software Foundation
31.6		902.2K103332–29.5K–1.7K
77IBM CloudantDocument · IBM
31.6		636.2K82031.2K7–––
78IndexedDBKey-Value · W3C Web Applications Working Group (implemented by browser vendors)
31.3		–2331.1K2.4K–264–12
79Azure Data ExplorerColumnar / OLAP · Microsoft
31.2		8.6M24952.1K––––
80Claris FileMakerRelational · Claris International (Apple)
31.2		–513.2K1.3K––––
81sqlite-vecVector · Alex Garcia (sponsored by Mozilla Builders)
31.1		13.4M75–––8.2K–2K
82dBASEmaintenanceRelational · dBase LLC (originally Ashton-Tate)
31.0		–1382.9K291––––
83ExasolColumnar / OLAP · Exasol AG
31.0		1M4740989––2.3M–
84RavenDBDocument · RavenDB Ltd. (Hibernating Rhinos)
30.9		60.5K54042.5K–4K25.5M196
85ElectricSQLRelational · Electric DB (part of Databricks)
30.4		3.3M22––210.4K6.2M1.2K
86NeonRelational · Databricks (Neon)
30.4		11.5M31–––23.3K–3.5K
87Apache HiveRelational · Apache Software Foundation
30.1		––1.4K21.7K–6K3.3M296
88Apache PinotColumnar / OLAP · Apache Software Foundation
29.9		794K662423–6.2K18.2M291
89Amazon ElastiCacheKey-Value · Amazon Web Services
29.1		–425639163–––
90libSQLmaintenanceRelational · Turso
29.1		6.5M38–––17.3K–1.8K
91Apache ImpalaRelational · Apache Software Foundation
29.0		1.2M13712.1K–1.3K403K65
92SingleStoreRelational · SingleStore, Inc.
29.0		267.2K71.2K4031–––
93InfinispanKey-Value · Red Hat (IBM)
28.8		768.7K12961.1K–1.4K8M91
94SurrealDBDocument · SurrealDB Ltd
28.8		422.4K46–––33.2K3.7M3.5K
95TypesenseSearch Engine · Typesense, Inc.
28.8		3.9M29–70–27.1K33.8M2.7K
96Grafana LokiTime-Series · Grafana Labs
28.7		–47–643229.1K4.8B2.6K
97FalkorDBGraph · FalkorDB Ltd.
28.5		782.7K33–––10.5K1.7M8.9K
98Apache IgniteKey-Value · Apache Software Foundation
28.3		17.3K16713.1K–5.1K13.7M139
99SAP ASE (Sybase)maintenanceRelational · SAP SE (originally Sybase)
28.3		–466073.3K––––
100OrientDBmaintenanceGraph · OrientDB community (orientechnologies; formerly SAP)
28.2		–44202.7K–5K16.5M131