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Databases

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Recorded editorial opinions

Recorded editorial opinions, not measured performance. Catalogue entries below are unranked.

Recorded opinion position 1 in Databases · ties share a position

Neon

88opinion index /100

Recorded view: Recommended

Backend platform with serverless Lakebase Postgres, database branching and related authentication and storage services.

See five-criterion breakdown
Functionality
9/10
Pricing value
9/10
Ease of use
9/10
Reliability judgement
8/10
Founder fit
9/10

Provider link recorded; not rechecked this pass. Criterion judgement date was not recorded. These values are opinions, not measured results.

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Recorded opinion position 2 in Databases · ties share a position

Supabase

86opinion index /100

Recorded view: Recommended

Postgres-based backend platform with authentication, storage and application services.

See five-criterion breakdown
Functionality
9/10
Pricing value
9/10
Ease of use
8/10
Reliability judgement
8/10
Founder fit
9/10

Documentation observation: 2026-10-09. Criterion judgement date was not recorded. These values are opinions, not measured results.

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Recorded opinion position 3 in Databases · ties share a position

Turso

82opinion index /100

Recorded view: Recommended

SQLite-based database platform with programmatically managed databases for applications and tenants.

See five-criterion breakdown
Functionality
8/10
Pricing value
9/10
Ease of use
8/10
Reliability judgement
7/10
Founder fit
9/10

Provider link recorded; not rechecked this pass. Criterion judgement date was not recorded. These values are opinions, not measured results.

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Recorded opinion position 4 in Databases · ties share a position

PlanetScale

66opinion index /100

Recorded view: Replace

Managed database platform for Postgres and Vitess-based MySQL, with tools for operating and scaling databases.

See five-criterion breakdown
Functionality
9/10
Pricing value
4/10
Ease of use
8/10
Reliability judgement
8/10
Founder fit
4/10

Provider link recorded; not rechecked this pass. Criterion judgement date was not recorded. These values are opinions, not measured results.

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Unranked catalogue discovery

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Algolia

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Appwrite

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

BigQuery

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Cassandra

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Chroma

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

ClickHouse

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

CockroachDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Convex

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

CouchDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

DragonflyDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Drizzle ORM

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

DuckDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

DynamoDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

EdgeDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

ElasticSearch

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Fauna

Historical hosted database listing. Supabase’s March 2025 migration guide records Fauna’s announced May 2025 sunset; this service is not an active shortlist option.

Retired · no editorial score

InfluxDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

InstantDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

KeyDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

LanceDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

MariaDB

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Meilisearch

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Memcached

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

Milvus

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Unassessed catalogue listing · no editorial score

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Order uses the equal average of the five criterion values. Ties share a position. The index is a summary of opinions, not a measured quality score.