CouchDB

Based on 2418 responses from 541 people, we've built up the following picture of CouchDB

Ranked high for:

  1. This database has an unusual data model
  2. This database has a very flexible data model
  3. This database is easy for non-programmers to use
  4. This database is highly scalable
  5. This database is good at high concurrency reads
  6. This database is good at high concurrency writes
  7. This database has a good story for replication
  8. This database has a low footprint
  9. This database is good for heavily mathematical operations on data
  10. This database is good for querying graph structures

Ranked low for:

  1. I am familiar with this database
  2. This database has a very restrictive data model
  3. There are good commercial tools for working with this database
  4. It is easy to construct ad-hoc queries against this database
  5. There are bindings for a variety of different languages to talk to this database
  6. This database is very easy to get started with
  7. This database is very reliable
  8. This database has very good read performance
  9. This database can be a bit arcane
  10. This database would be good for embedding in an application

Most similar to

  1. kdb
  2. GenieDB
  3. Voldemort
  4. Redis
  5. MongoDB

Most dissimilar from

  1. MySQL
  2. Sqlite
  3. h2
  4. MSSQL Server
  5. Phoenix

All statements

  1. This database has an unusual data model
  2. This database has a very flexible data model
  3. This database is easy for non-programmers to use
  4. This database is highly scalable
  5. This database is good at high concurrency reads
  6. This database is good at high concurrency writes
  7. This database has a good story for replication
  8. This database has a low footprint
  9. This database is good for heavily mathematical operations on data
  10. This database is good for querying graph structures
  11. This database is good for performing many small operations on data
  12. There are good open source tools for working with this database
  13. This database is good for performing complex operations on large amounts of data
  14. This database is good for querying time series
  15. This database has a good community around it
  16. This database has very good write performance
  17. This database would be good for embedding in an application
  18. This database can be a bit arcane
  19. This database has very good read performance
  20. This database is very reliable
  21. This database is very easy to get started with
  22. There are bindings for a variety of different languages to talk to this database
  23. It is easy to construct ad-hoc queries against this database
  24. There are good commercial tools for working with this database
  25. This database has a very restrictive data model
  26. I am familiar with this database