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RavenDB vs RethinkDB: catalog facts
RavenDB	RethinkDB
Freemium Free to start, with paid on-premises, cloud and support plans.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Self-hosted, edge or managed cloud deployment Automatic index optimization reduces manual tuning	Changefeeds push live query updates to apps Built-in sharding and replication
Larger deployments and support require paid plans Smaller ecosystem than MongoDB	Releases are infrequent ReQL query language takes time to learn
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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