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24 alternatives to Datomic

Distributed immutable transactional database for the cloud

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Datomic launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1TA
   TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases▲333

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

2. 2FA
   FaunaDB, a strongly consistent, globally distributed cloud database▲131

   2017 · fauna.com · its alternatives →

3. 3RY
   Realm (YC S11), a mobile database▲188

   2014 · realm.io · its alternatives →

4. 4BA
   Beaker – A browser for IPFS and Dat▲160

   2016 · pfrazee.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5CA
   Cluvio – A new cloud analytics platform based on SQL and R▲61

   2016 · cluvio.com · its alternatives →

6. 6SA
   Sense - A New Cloud Platform for Data Science and Big Data Analytics▲64

   2014 · senseplatform.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Servant▲94

   A simple cloud database for everyone

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8KA
   Knuckleball – An in-memory data structure server▲100

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9KK
   KubeDB – Kubernetes-ready production-grade databases▲108

   2018 · kubedb.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Onyx▲7

    Distributed computation for the cloud

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11RT
    rqlite – the lightweight, distributed relational database▲11

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12PA
    Prefect – A workflow engine designed for modern data engineering▲59

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13RA
    Rxdb – A fast, reactive, client-side database▲52

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14PA
    Phoenix – an ultra-fast SQL layer on top of Hbase▲32

    2014 · phoenix.incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →

15. 15TC
    The Case for Distributed SQL Streaming Databases▲6

    2024 · risingwave.com · its alternatives →

16. 16NT
    Noms – The versioned, forkable, syncable database▲43

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17BA
    Bytejail – an alternative data storage▲43

    2016 · bytejail.com · its alternatives →

18. 18OA
    OJ – A Clojure library for talking to your database▲37

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AD
    A Distributed Database on IPFS with MongoDB-Like Functions▲5

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20OO
    Out-of-the-box graph database solution in the cloud▲6

    2022 · nebula-graph.io · its alternatives →

21. 21DM
    DB Migrations as Clojure data▲31

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22FF
    Framework for faster distributed data transfer▲23

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23GO
    Greta, our script for decentralized data distribution▲14

    2016 · greta.io · its alternatives →

24. 24SF
    Spawner – Fast Copies for GB to TB Sized Databases▲14

    2015 · blog.spawner.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →