Database
Airtable
Airtable is a cloud-based low-code development platform that blends the utility of spreadsheets with databases to allow for fully collaborative and dynamic app development. By allowing for linking between spreadsheet-like "tables" workflows can be visualized and organized, and entire applications can be designed on a convenient, central platform.
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Amazon Athena
Amazon Athena is a query service that allows for the searching of unstructured data stored in Amazon S3. Rather than needing its own server or infrastructure, Amazon Athena allows for running fast, efficient SQL queries on data stored on the cloud in the S3 system, as though it were within a local data center under a more structured database architecture.
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Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB is a fully-managed NoSQL database service which provides exceptionally fast and reliable infrastructural support to some of the largest companies on the planet. DynamoDB handles all the hard work of hardware provisioning and set-up with its massive institutional support structure, all geared toward providing an infinitely scalable data architecture capable of handling millions of requests per second.
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Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift is a fully-managed, cloud-based data warehouse service. Capable of combining structured and semi-structured data stored on Amazon S3 architecture, its plentiful integrations with other Amazon technologies allow for rapid and accurate creation of new insights from existing data.
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Apache Cassandra
Apache Cassandra is a free, open-source, distributed NoSQL database management service. A crucial component of Apache Cassandra is its ability to provide low-latency, high availability service across multiple datacenters, with an extreme degree of reliability.
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AWS Management
AWS Management is a fully managed database service provided by Amazon. With AWS Management, teams can utilize features like continuous monitoring, self-healing storage, and automatic scaling for application development. The database has use cases for CRM, ERP, ecommerce, content management, IoT, gaming applications, and much more.
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Azure Data Lake Storage
Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage is a fully-managed cloud database system which stores massive amounts of data for large-scale calculations and analytics. The data lake architecture allows for storage of mass amounts of unspecified data in its native format in a singular hub, which can then be visualized, transformed, or utilized at any scale using Azure global infrastructure.
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Azure Table
Microsoft Azure Table storage is a data storage service for non-relational structured data in the cloud. As a service, it acts as a NoSQL database which can then be interacted with from inside and outside Azure cloud services for organization, management, and querying.
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BigQuery
Google BigQuery is a cloud-based data analytics web service intended for use with truly massive read-only data sets. It functions as an enterprise data warehouse that allows for rapid SQL querying of any data moved onto it using the enormous processing power of Google's infrastructure.
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Cloudant
Cloudant is a cloud-based distributed database service. An IBM software product, its service supports data management, search functionality, and analytics on a reliable, rapid-response platform.
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CockroachDB
CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database that boasts incredible reliability, and resiliency to any manner of disruption or infrastructural failure. It features automatic data distribution and workload sharing to guarantee optimal response times and lessen the need for manual data management and storage.
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Cosmos DB
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is a fully-managed, globally distributed, NoSQL database service designed with app development in mind. CosmosDB also features various compatibility APIs for use with MongoDB, Gremlin, Cassandra, as well as Azure Table storage. With the Azure global infrastructure supporting it to help deliver on millisecond response times, unlimited scalability, and 24/7 availability, CosmosDB forms the backbone of many of Microsoft's own apps, including Office, Skype, and Active Directory.
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Couchbase
Couchbase is a cloud-based, open-source, distributed NoSQL database. It is primarily designed around acting as a responsive and versatile document-oriented database for better and more efficient app development.
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CouchDB
Apache's CouchDB is an open-source, document-oriented NoSQL database. It stores, transfers, and processes data related to a collection of documents. The database is fully compatible with the web and has a modern, schema-free document model. Its couch logo symbolizes relaxation as CouchDB is a database focused on ease-of-use.
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CSV Excel
Microsoft's Excel solution is probably one of the most well-known digital spreadsheet applications on the market today. Excel allows users to create graphs and pivot tables that utilize preferred calculations or computations. It is accessible across Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices.
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Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch, built on Apache Lucene, is one of the world's leading free and open search analytics engines. It's often used for logging analytics, full-text search, business analytics, and operational and security intelligence. The solution centrally stores data for applications across multiple business use cases.
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Google Sheets
Google Sheets is Google's free, web-based spreadsheet program. An essential part of the Google Docs Editors Suite, Sheets enables the storage, editing, and analysis of data using the powerful Google platform and infrastructure.
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Google Spanner
Google Spanner is Google's fully-managed, distributed SQL database built to support global online transaction processing. Built to take advantage of Google's powerful infrastructure, Google Spanner offers unparalleled availability, reliability, and consistency across databases.
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HarperDB
HarperDB is a distributed database that offers functionality for both SQL and NoSQL. The database can run on any device with an operating system and is fully indexed. HarperDB users can collect, process, and distribute data across the enterprise.
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HBase
HBase is an open-source, NoSQL database that acts as a distributed, scalable, big data store. Apache HBase is a non-relational database management system that was built on top of the Hadoop files system. It can support needs for real-time read/write access to your data.
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HCL Domino
Lotus Domino, now known as HCL Domino, is a business collaboration software that can host applications, enterprise-scale email, and much more. It is the respective server platform for the HCL Notes client.
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Microsoft Dataverse
Microsoft Dataverse is a cloud-based database for storing business application data. It provides a shared language for integrating business and analytical apps such as Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft PowerApps, and Azure applications. Dataverse allows teams to create and run apps, flows, and intelligent agents.
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Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a database system powered by Microsoft. It's primary function is to request other software applications on other devices to support a variety of transaction processing, business intelligence, and analytics applications in corporates IT environments.
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MongoDB
MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database that is fully scalable and compatible for high volume storage. MongoDB is perfect for designing internet and business applications with a high degree of scalability.
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OLE DB
OLE DB is an object linking and embedding database is an API designed by Microsoft that is used to access data from a variety of sources in a uniform way. It supports a wide variety of non-relational databases such as object databases and spreadsheets that have traditionally been more difficult to implement.
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Phoenix
Apache Phoenix is an open source, massively parallel relational database that supports Hadoop using Apache HBase. Combining the power of standard SQL and JDBC APIs with full ACID transaction capabilities, Phoenix enables OLTP and operational analytics in Hadoop for low-latency apps.
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Snowflake
Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing software solution. Snowflake is built for optimal big data analytic functionality, automatic data privacy regulation compliance, and cloud-safe security for unified data management.
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XML
An XML database specifies and stores data in an XML format so businesses using that format can archive data, metadata, and other digital resources. The acronym stands for eXtensible Markup Language. It is connected to other resources and used for retrieving data in XML format so it can be used elsewhere in an enterprise network. This document-oriented software falls into the category of NoSQL databases and can query, transform, export, and return data to a calling system.
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What Are NoSQL Databases?
Databases are categorized in one of two ways: SQL or NoSQL. When you’re preparing for a new data project, it’s important to understand which type of database you’ll need. NoSQL databases are more scalable than their traditional, SQL counterparts, so they’re often preferred for rapid application development and flexible data storage. Let’s dive in deeper on what NoSQL databases are, their pros and cons, and some of their use cases.
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