Software · head to head
RavenDB vs Ninox
The short version
- Only RavenDB has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: RavenDB the free Developer licence bars commercial use and expires every 6 months, requiring renewal; Ninox paid plans are priced per user starting around 25 euros per month, and offline desktop and mobile access is limited to the higher Business and Enterprise tiers
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which RavenDB and Ninox actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in RavenDB
- ACID Transactions
- Auto-indexing
- Full-text Search
- Graph Queries
- Distributed Counters
- Time Series
- Document Compression
- .NET
Only in Ninox
Nothing recorded that RavenDB does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
RavenDB
- Running a distributed document database with ACID transactionsnot Ninox
- Self hosting a multi node database cluster on your own hardwarenot Ninox
- Replicating operational data out to analytics systems through ETLnot Ninox
Ninox
No use cases recorded yet. See the Ninox review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
RavenDB
- The free Developer licence bars commercial use and expires every 6 months, requiring renewal
- The free Community licence caps a customer at 60 cores and forces you to stay on the latest major version
- The Professional licence is limited to a single database, a 5 node cluster, 40 cores and 240 GB RAM
- Sharding across nodes, ETL to OLAP, Elasticsearch and Kafka, and data archival are Enterprise only
- Enterprise and AI licence pricing is contact us only with no published rate
Ninox
- Paid plans are priced per user starting around 25 euros per month, and offline desktop and mobile access is limited to the higher Business and Enterprise tiers
Pricing, plan by plan
RavenDB
Free- CommunityFree
- 3 cores
- 6GB RAM
- Community support
- Professional$499/year
- Production use
- Professional support
- Advanced features
Ninox
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Ninox review.
Which should you pick?
Choose RavenDB if
- You need acid transactions.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Linux, Windows, Mac, Docker, Web.
- You also want auto-indexing.
Choose Ninox if
Nothing in the data separates Ninox from RavenDB on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is RavenDB or Ninox better?
- Neither clearly leads. RavenDB starts at Free and Ninox at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, RavenDB or Ninox?
- RavenDB has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for RavenDB and On request for Ninox.
- Does RavenDB or Ninox run on more platforms?
- RavenDB runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, Docker, Web. Ninox runs on Web.
- Can I use RavenDB for free?
- Yes. RavenDB has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ninox starts at On request.
- What is RavenDB best used for?
- RavenDB is most often used for running a distributed document database with acid transactions, self hosting a multi node database cluster on your own hardware, replicating operational data out to analytics systems through etl. Of those, running a distributed document database with acid transactions and self hosting a multi node database cluster on your own hardware are not what Ninox is typically brought in for.
- What can RavenDB do that Ninox cannot?
- RavenDB covers ACID Transactions, Auto-indexing, Full-text Search, Graph Queries.