---
title: "15 futuristic Databases"
description: "I really like short videos about different tech topics that just show what's out there. So there was a nice video, which I will also link later in this..."
url: "https://brocksi.net/blog/2023-15-futuristic-databases/"
author: "Björn Meyer"
published: "2023-03-01"
lang: "en"
categories: ["Tech Trends"]
---

# 15 futuristic Databases

I really like short videos about different tech topics that just show what’s out there. So there was a nice video, which I will also link later in this blog post, about 15 futuristic databases and what is possible with them. There are things like a Git-like version control for SQL tables. There is a database where you can write JavaScript in it. And of course, there is a database that uses AI. Because ChatGPT is everywhere at the moment, I also used it to create the table in this blog post. So be careful; what you read on the World Wide Web is not always true, and there can be errors. Enjoy the overview of these futuristic databases.

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[planetscale](#1.-planetscale "planetscale"), [yugabyteDB](#2.-yugabytedb "yugabyteDB"), [neon](#3.-neon "neon"), [dolt](#4.-dolt "dolt"), [CockroachDB](#5.-cockroachdb "CockroachDB"), [Cloudflare D1](#6.-cloudflare-d1 "Cloudflare D1"), [xata](#7.-xata "xata"), [8base](#8.-8base "8base"), [EdgeDB](#9.-edgedb "EdgeDB"), [SurrealDB](#10.-surrealdb "SurrealDB"), [fauna](#11.-fauna "fauna"), [memgraph DB](#12.-memgraph-db "memgraph DB"), [KeyDB](#13.-keydb "KeyDB"), [meilisearch](#14.-meilisearch "meilisearch"), [mindsDB](#15.-mindsdb "mindsDB")

[Video about the 15 futuristic Databases](#video-about-the-15-futuristic-databases "Video about the 15 futuristic Databases")

## Overview about 15 futuristic Databases

### 1\. planetscale

- Homepage: [https://planetscale.com/](https://planetscale.com/ "https://planetscale.com/")
- Docs: [https://planetscale.com/docs/](https://planetscale.com/docs/ "https://planetscale.com/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/planetscale](https://github.com/planetscale "https://github.com/planetscale")
- Run local: ❌
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: MySQL compatible

### 2\. yugabyteDB

- Homepage: [https://www.yugabyte.com/](https://www.yugabyte.com/ "https://www.yugabyte.com/")
- Docs: [https://docs.yugabyte.com/latest/](https://docs.yugabyte.com/latest/ "https://docs.yugabyte.com/latest/")
- Github: [https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db](https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db "https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: PostgreSQL compatible

### 3\. neon

- Homepage: [https://neon.tech/](https://neon.tech/ "https://neon.tech/")
- Docs: [https://neon.tech/docs/](https://neon.tech/docs/ "https://neon.tech/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/neondatabase/neon](https://github.com/neondatabase/neon "https://github.com/neondatabase/neon")
- Run local: ❌
- Free tier: ✅
- License: MIT License
- Tech Stack: SQLite compatible

### 4\. dolt

- Homepage: [https://www.dolthub.com/](https://www.dolthub.com/ "https://www.dolthub.com/")
- Docs: [https://www.dolthub.com/docs/](https://www.dolthub.com/docs/ "https://www.dolthub.com/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/dolthub/dolt](https://github.com/dolthub/dolt "https://github.com/dolthub/dolt")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: Git-like version control for SQL tables

### 5\. CockroachDB

- Homepage: [https://www.cockroachlabs.com/](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/ "https://www.cockroachlabs.com/")
- Docs: [https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/ "https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach "https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: PostgreSQL compatible

### 6\. Cloudflare D1

- Homepage: [https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/](https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/ "https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/")
- Docs: [https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/get-started/](https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/get-started/ "https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/get-started/")
- Github: [https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs "https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs")
- Run local: ❌
- Free tier: ❌
- License: Proprietary
- Tech Stack: Distributed key-value store

### 7\. xata

- Homepage: [https://xata.io/](https://xata.io/ "https://xata.io/")
- Docs: [https://docs.xata.io/](https://docs.xata.io/ "https://docs.xata.io/")
- Github: [https://github.com/xataio](https://github.com/xataio "https://github.com/xataio")
- Run local: ❌
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Proprietary
- Tech Stack: Document-oriented NoSQL

### 8\. 8base

- Homepage: [https://www.8base.com/](https://www.8base.com/ "https://www.8base.com/")
- Docs: [https://docs.8base.com/](https://docs.8base.com/ "https://docs.8base.com/")
- Github: [https://github.com/8base](https://github.com/8base "https://github.com/8base")
- Run local: ❌
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Proprietary
- Tech Stack: GraphQL API Backend

### 9\. EdgeDB

- Homepage: [https://www.edgedb.com/](https://www.edgedb.com/ "https://www.edgedb.com/")
- Docs: [https://www.edgedb.com/docs/](https://www.edgedb.com/docs/ "https://www.edgedb.com/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/edgedb/edgedb](https://github.com/edgedb/edgedb "https://github.com/edgedb/edgedb")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: Object-Relational Database

### 10\. SurrealDB

- Homepage: [https://surrealdb.com/](https://surrealdb.com/ "https://surrealdb.com/")
- Docs: [https://surrealdb.com/docs/](https://surrealdb.com/docs/ "https://surrealdb.com/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb](https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb "https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: Time-Series Database

### 11\. fauna

- Homepage: [https://fauna.com/](https://fauna.com/ "https://fauna.com/")
- Docs: [https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/start/](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/start/ "https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/start/")
- Github: [https://github.com/fauna](https://github.com/fauna "https://github.com/fauna")
- Run local: ❌
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Proprietary
- Tech Stack: Serverless NoSQL

### 12\. memgraph DB

- Homepage: [https://memgraph.com/](https://memgraph.com/ "https://memgraph.com/")
- Docs: [https://memgraph.com/docs](https://memgraph.com/docs "https://memgraph.com/docs")
- Github: [https://github.com/memgraph/memgraph](https://github.com/memgraph/memgraph "https://github.com/memgraph/memgraph")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: Graph Database

### 13\. KeyDB

- Homepage: [https://docs.keydb.dev/](https://docs.keydb.dev/ "https://docs.keydb.dev/")
- Docs: [https://docs.keydb.dev/docs/](https://docs.keydb.dev/docs/ "https://docs.keydb.dev/docs/")
- Github: [https://github.com/JohnSully/KeyDB](https://github.com/JohnSully/KeyDB "https://github.com/JohnSully/KeyDB")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: BSD 3-Clause License
- Tech Stack: Redis-compatible NoSQL

### 14\. meilisearch

- Homepage: [https://www.meilisearch.com/](https://www.meilisearch.com/ "https://www.meilisearch.com/")
- Docs: [https://docs.meilisearch.com/](https://docs.meilisearch.com/ "https://docs.meilisearch.com/")
- Github: [https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch](https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch "https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: MIT License
- Tech Stack: Full-text search

### 15\. mindsdb

- Homepage: [https://mindsdb.com/](https://mindsdb.com/ "https://mindsdb.com/")
- Docs: [https://docs.mindsdb.com/](https://docs.mindsdb.com/ "https://docs.mindsdb.com/")
- Github: [https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb](https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb "https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb")
- Run local: ✅
- Free tier: ✅
- License: Apache License 2.0
- Tech Stack: Automated Machine Learning

## Video about the 15 futuristic Databases