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RavenDB vs SurrealDB: catalog facts
RavenDB	SurrealDB
Freemium Free to start, with paid on-premises, cloud and support plans.	Freemium The database can be run yourself; a fully managed cloud service is also offered.
Windows, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, Self-hosted, Command line
Self-hosted, edge or managed cloud deployment Automatic index optimization reduces manual tuning	Documents, graphs, vectors and relational data in one engine One query language for SQL, graph and vector search
Larger deployments and support require paid plans Smaller ecosystem than MongoDB	Business Source License rather than an OSI open-source license SurrealQL is its own language to learn
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License: BUSL-1.1
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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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