r/nosql

5k members
r/nosql is a subreddit with 5k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses nosql, database, mongodb, redis, and couchbase.
News, articles and tools covering alternative database systems.

Popular Themes in r/nosql

#1
Advice Requests
: "MongoDB vs DynamoDB vs DocumentDB vs Elastisearch for my usecase"
15 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Non-relational database that stores in a single file similar to Sqlite?"
10 posts
#3
Ideas
: "MongoDB Cloud Vs Clickhouse Cloud"
4 posts
#4
News
: "Uber Migrates 1 Trillion Records from DynamoDB to LedgerStore to Save $6 Million Annually"
4 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I made a blog that benchmarks mongodb queries!"
3 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "I loved to hate nosql (mongodb in particular)."
2 posts
#7
Money Talk
: " Drastically reducing the cost of MongoDB Atlas clusters with this tool "
1 post
#8
Opportunities
: "MongoDB support is coming to Tabularis - looking for contributors!"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/nosql

#1

Nosql

: "I loved to hate Nosql (mongodb in particular)."
126 posts
#2

Database

: "Non-relational Database that stores in a single file similar to Sqlite?"
109 posts
#3

Mongodb

: "I loved to hate nosql (Mongodb in particular)."
78 posts
#4

Redis

: "Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J programing tasks"
16 posts
#5

Couchbase

15 posts
#6

Scylla

14 posts
#7

Dynamodb

: "MongoDB vs Dynamodb vs DocumentDB vs Elastisearch for my usecase"
12 posts
#8

Sql

: "I need visuals! noSql vs relational Sql"
11 posts
#9

Data

11 posts
#10

Graph

: "Built Coffy: an embedded database engine for Python (Graph + NoSQL)"
8 posts

Member Growth in r/nosql

Yearly
+169 members(3.5%)

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Last updated: September 16, 2026