SurrealDB
A multi-model database written in Rust that combines document, graph, and relational paradigms. Uses inter-document record links for graph traversals, with ACID transactions and row-level permissions.
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Community & Business
Active development Updated within last 3 months
Commercial support Paid support available
Live community 25-50% of issues addressed
Open Source Source available but restrictive
Pricing No pricing information
Trendiness Growing or stable trend
Deployment
Containerization Docker image available
Work as dedicated instance Can run as standalone server
Work as embedded Can embed in application
Testing in-memory version In-memory mode available
Platform
Operating on Linux Linux officially supported
Operating on Windows Windows officially supported
SaaS offering Cloud service available
Operations
Automatic updates Manual updates only
Client side caching No client-side caching
Data versioning support No versioning
Live backups No live backups
Distribution
Cluster Re-balancing Auto-rebalancing supported
Data Distribution Data sharding supported
High-Availability HA mechanisms available
Query Distribution Distributed query execution
Replication support Replication available
Developer Experience
Data types defined Basic data types only
Logging/Auditing Event logging supported
Object-Graph Mapper OGM/ORM available
Reactive programming No reactive programming
Documentation up-to-date Docs current with latest version
Binary protocol Binary protocol available
CLI Command-line interface
GUI Visual interface available
Data Model
Multi-database Multi-model database
Graph-native data Graph abstraction layer
REST API REST endpoint available
Query Language Proprietary query language
Transactions
Granular locking No granular locking
Multiple isolation levels Single isolation level
Read committed transaction Read committed available
Transaction support ACID transactions
Schema & Security
Constraints Full constraint support
Schema support Schema definition tools
Secondary indexes Secondary indexes supported
Server side procedures Stored procedures supported
Triggers Event triggers supported
Authentication Authentication supported
Authorization Role-based access control
Data encryption No encryption