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Database Selector Quiz (Beta)
Answer workload questions, get a database recommendation.
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💡Adjust the sliders to describe your workload. The radar chart shows which database fits best.
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Top Recommendations
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Best Match
Cloud SpannerRelational
72%
Google's globally distributed, strongly consistent database. TrueTime-powered external consistency with 99.999% SLA.
Why
- Relational database with solid fundamentals
Dimensional Fit
Workload Fit
100%30%
Requirements
70%25%
Query Patterns
50%25%
Data Model
60%20%
Constraints
70%10%
Google Cloud Spanner
Deep dive 2PostgreSQL
Relational
71%
Battle-tested relational DB. ACID, complex queries, and unmatched extensibility via extensions like PostGIS, pg_trgm, and TimescaleDB.
Why
- Relational database with solid fundamentals
AWS RDS
Supabase
Neon
GCP Cloud SQL
3TiDB
Relational
71%
MySQL-compatible distributed HTAP database. Automatic sharding, real-time analytics via TiFlash columnar engine, and Raft-based strong consistency.
Why
- Relational database with solid fundamentals
TiDB Cloud Serverless
TiDB Cloud Dedicated
4DynamoDB
Key-Value
71%
Fully managed NoSQL by AWS. Single-digit ms latency at any scale with pay-per-request pricing and global tables.
Why
- Key-Value database with solid fundamentals
AWS DynamoDB
5TimescaleDB
Time-Series
71%
Time-series on PostgreSQL. Hypertables, continuous aggregates, compression, and full SQL support.
Why
- Time-Series database with solid fundamentals
Timescale Cloud