18.4
JayDB is a JSON document database with per-user sign-in, designed to let static apps store user, session, or tenant data without an app-owned backend.
Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSWeb
Best Document Databases in 2026
If your application works with structured documents, database options can be compared by the formats and operating models they support. Look at deployment model and managed cloud availability, then weigh maximum document size, transactions, and vector search against your requirements. Free-plan availability and “Paid from” pricing add cost details. RavenDB, MarkLogic, and Apache CouchDB are among the named options;…
28.1
Firestore is a managed, serverless document database for AI, web, and mobile applications.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
37.4
RethinkDB is a free, open-source JSON database built to send applications updates as query results change.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
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restdb.io
restdb.io is a cloud NoSQL database service for business application backends, dynamic web content, and API-based solutions.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.2From $19 a month - 5
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB is a cloud, fully managed document database service compatible with MongoDB APIs and drivers.
WebAPI7.1 - 6
UnQLite
UnQLite is an embedded NoSQL database engine that gives applications key/value and document-store interfaces without a separate server process.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.0From $15,000 a year - 7
eXist-db
eXist-db is a free, open-source NoSQL document database and application platform centered on XML.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.8Free plan - 8
PouchDB
PouchDB is a free, open-source JavaScript database for applications that store data locally and sync with CouchDB or compatible servers.
Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux6.8Free plan - 9
RavenDB
RavenDB is a schema-less NoSQL document database for storing JSON documents and binary attachments.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.8Free plan - 10
SurrealDB
SurrealDB is a database platform with relational, document, graph, vector and time-series data built in.
Free planSelf-hosted6.8From $0.19 a month - 11
LiteDB
LiteDB is a serverless, embedded .NET NoSQL document database distributed as a single DLL.
Free planAndroidiOSAPILinux6.7Free plan - 12
Apache CouchDB
Apache CouchDB is a document database that stores named documents and lets applications read and update them through a RESTful HTTP API.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.6Free plan - 13
DocumentDB
DocumentDB is an open-source document database built on PostgreSQL for MongoDB compatibility.
Free planAPIExtensionLinuxmacOS6.5Free plan - 14
Apache AsterixDB
Apache AsterixDB is a free, open-source Big Data Management System for ingesting, storing, indexing, querying and analyzing data.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.4Free plan - 15
Couchbase Lite
Couchbase Lite embeds a NoSQL database in applications so they can store and work with data locally, including when a network is unavailable.
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.4 - 16
IBM Cloudant
Free planWebAPILinux6.4Free plan - 17
JasDB
JasDB is a document-based NoSQL database for prototyping applications and embedding data storage in software, including Android phones and tablets.
Free planAndroidAPILinuxmacOS6.4Free plan - 18
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL is a cloud database service that lists JSON documents, transactions, configurable consistency controls, multi-region…
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 19
BaseX
BaseX is an XML database engine and XQuery processor intended for data-intensive web applications.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.3Free plan - 20
Couchbase Capella
Free planWeb6.3From $0.15 a month - 21
Azure DocumentDB
Azure DocumentDB is a document database for applications using BSON and JSON documents.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows5.8Free plan - 22
Percona Server for MongoDB
Percona Server for MongoDB is a free, source-available replacement designed to work as a drop-in alternative to MongoDB Community Edition.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 23
TinyDB
TinyDB is a free, MIT-licensed document-oriented database written in pure Python, with no external dependencies.
LinuxSelf-hosted5.4 - 24
MongoDB Compass
LinuxmacOSWindows5.1 - 25
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