Best Azure DocumentDB Alternatives in 2026
Taken from Document Databases, where Azure DocumentDB is listed too, in the same order.
- 1 8.3 Club score
eXist-db
eXist-db is a free, open-source NoSQL document database and application platform built around XML.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 2 8.1 Club score
PouchDB
PouchDB is a free, open-source JavaScript database for applications that need local storage and synchronization with CouchDB-compatible servers.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 3
8.1 Club scoreMarkLogic
MarkLogic is a semantic data platform built around a multi-model database, with tools for storing, searching, and integrating varied data.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 4
8.0 Club scoreApache CouchDB
Apache CouchDB is a free, self-hosted document database that stores named documents and provides a RESTful HTTP API for reading and updating them.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 5 8.0 Club score
RavenDB
RavenDB is a schema-less NoSQL document database from RavenDB, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hadera, Israel.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 6
8.0 Club scoreJayDB
JayDB is a JSON document database with per-user sign-in, intended to let static apps store user, session or tenant data without an app-owned backend.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 7
7.9 Club scoreDocumentDB
DocumentDB is an open-source document database built on PostgreSQL for MongoDB compatibility.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Browser extension
- 8
7.8 Club scoreBaseX
BaseX is a free, open-source XML database engine and XQuery processor for building data-intensive web applications.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 9
7.8 Club scoreFirestore
Firestore is a managed, serverless document database for building AI, web, and mobile applications.
- Free plan
- Web · iPhone and iPad · Android · API
- 10 7.8 Club score
UnQLite
UnQLite is an embedded NoSQL database engine that gives applications key/value and document-store interfaces without a separate server process.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API
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7.6 Club scoreApache AsterixDB
Apache AsterixDB is a free, open-source, self-hosted Big Data Management System for ingesting, storing, indexing, querying, and analyzing data.
- Free plan
- macOS · Linux · Web · API
- 12
7.6 Club scoreRethinkDB
RethinkDB is a free, open-source JSON database that continuously pushes changed query results to applications.
- Free plan
- Open source
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 13
7.6 Club scoreAmazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB is a cloud, fully managed document database service that works with MongoDB APIs and drivers.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 14 7.6 Club score
JasDB
JasDB is a free, self-hosted document-based NoSQL database for prototyping applications and embedding database use in software, including on Android phones and tablets.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Android
- 15
7.6 Club scoreOracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse
Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse is a pay-per-use platform for running AI on data with open-source lake technologies and enterprise data warehouse capabilities.
- Free plan
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 16 7.5 Club score
restdb.io
restdb.io is a cloud NoSQL database service for business application backends, dynamic web content, and API-focused solutions.
- Free plan
- Web · iPhone and iPad · Android · API
- 17 7.3 Club score
LiteDB
LiteDB is a serverless, embedded .NET NoSQL document database distributed as a single DLL.
- Free plan
- Windows · Linux · iPhone and iPad · Android
- 18
7.2 Club scoreSurrealDB
SurrealDB is a database platform with relational, document, graph, vector, and time-series models built in.
- Free plan
- Self-hosted
- 19 7.0 Club score
Couchbase Lite
Couchbase Lite embeds a NoSQL database inside applications, keeping reads and writes local when connectivity is unavailable and synchronizing changes when a connection…
- Windows · Linux · Web · iPhone and iPad
- 20 6.9 Club score
TinyDB
- Free plan
- Linux · Self-hosted