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, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best OrbitDB alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OrbitDB are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and MongoDB.

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  1. EJDB icon
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    EJDB 2.0 — Embeddable JSON Database engine C library. Simple XPath like query language (JQL). Websockets / Android / iOS / React Native / Flutter / Java / Dart / Node.js bindings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. Datomic icon
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    Datomic is a database of flexible, time-based facts, supporting queries and joins, with elastic scalability, and ACID transactions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. NCache icon
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    NCache is an Open Source in-memory distributed cache for .NET, Java, and Node.js. NCache provides an extremely fast and linearly scalable distributed cache that caches application data and reduces expensive database trips.

    26 NCache alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. TayzGrid icon
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    TayzGrid is an elastic in-memory data grid with a self-healing peer to peer dynamic data grid clustering architecture. TayzGrid is extremely fast and linearly scalable data grid and provides intelligent replication for data reliability without compromising on scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • JBoss
    • WebSphere Application Server
    • Oracle Weblogic Server
    • Apache Tomcat
     
  5. VoltDB icon
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    VoltDB is a blazingly fast NewSQL database system. It is specifically designed to run on modern scale-out architectures - fast, inexpensive servers connected via high-speed data networks.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Valentina Server is 4 in 1: (Valentina DB / DuckDB / SQLite / Report) Server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  7. Starcounter icon
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    The Starcounter database is built with the real-time systems of today in mind. Real-time systems supporting thousands or millions of simultaneous users. Systems like online stores, location-based services or banking applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. lowdb icon
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    ?? lowdb is a small local JSON database powered by Lodash (supports Node, Electron and the browser)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  9. NuoDB icon
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    NuoDB is a distributed database that can be deployed in any datacenter, in any cloud, anywhere, without the compromises inherent in other New SQL solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Skytable icon
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    Skytable is a free and open-source realtime NoSQL database that aims to provide flexible data modelling at scale.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. MarkLogic icon
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    MarkLogic is the only Enterprise NoSQL database, bringing all the features you need into one unified system: a document-centric, schema-agnostic, structure-aware, clustered, transactional, secure, database server with built-in search and a full suite of application services.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  12. Mimer SQL icon
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    Mimer SQL is an SQL-based relational database management system from the Swedish company Mimer Information Technology AB (formerly: Upright Database Technology AB), which has been developed and produced since the 1970s.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • Symbian S60
     
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