Data
58 providers in Data. Browse them all below, or narrow by category.
The Data domain spans where data is stored, moved, and analyzed: managed SQL and NoSQL databases, data warehouses, vector databases for AI retrieval, ETL pipelines, streaming and messaging, and analytics/BI. Together these form the modern data stack, from operational stores through the warehouse to the dashboards on top. Serverless billing, open-source roots, and portability decide most of the choices.
Companies
Neutral ordering. Not a recommendation.
Airbyte
airbyte.com
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform with one of the largest connector catalogs, available both self-hosted and as a managed cloud service.
Aiven
aiven.io
Aiven is a Helsinki-founded managed data platform that runs open-source data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Kafka, ClickHouse, OpenSearch, Valkey) as a service in your choice of cloud and region across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
Amazon DynamoDB
aws.amazon.com/dynamodb
Amazon DynamoDB is AWS's fully managed, serverless NoSQL key-value and document database designed for high throughput and single-digit-millisecond latency at scale.
Amazon Kinesis
aws.amazon.com/kinesis
Amazon Kinesis is AWS's service for collecting, processing, and analyzing real-time streaming data, including Data Streams and Firehose.
Amazon MSK
aws.amazon.com/msk
Amazon MSK is AWS's managed service for Apache Kafka, handling provisioning, patching, and operations so teams can run Kafka on AWS without managing clusters.
Amazon RDS
aws.amazon.com/rds
Amazon RDS is AWS's managed relational database service, handling provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling so teams can run relational databases without operating the servers.
Amazon Redshift
aws.amazon.com/redshift
Amazon Redshift is AWS's managed data warehouse for running analytics across large datasets, tightly integrated with the AWS ecosystem.
AWS Glue
aws.amazon.com/glue
AWS Glue is Amazon's serverless data-integration service for discovering, preparing, and combining data: Spark and Python ETL jobs, a central Data Catalog, crawlers, and the visual Glue Studio.
Azure Cosmos DB
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/cosmos-db
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's globally distributed, multi-model NoSQL database with turnkey multi-region replication, the Azure peer of Amazon DynamoDB.
Azure Data Factory
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/data-factory
Azure Data Factory is Microsoft's managed cloud data-integration service, providing pipelines, 90+ prebuilt connectors, visual mapping data flows, and change data capture for moving and transforming data across cloud and on-premises sources.
Azure Event Hubs
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/event-hubs
Azure Event Hubs is Microsoft's managed event ingestion service for streaming large volumes of events, targeting teams building streaming pipelines on Azure.
Azure SQL Database
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-sql/database
Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's fully managed PaaS database built on the SQL Server engine, the Azure peer of Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL.
Guided scenarios
Opinionated, ranked shortlists for common needs: the one place we score and rank providers by fit.
Managed databases for startups
Managed databases that listed a free tier when last reviewed, ordered by that, serverless scaling, and entry price. Confirm current terms with the vendor.
Open-source streaming & messaging
Streaming platforms ranked by open-source licensing, self-hosting, and Kafka compatibility, so you own your event backbone.
Vector database for RAG
Vector databases ranked by managed service and hybrid search: embeddings storage for RAG and semantic search.
Data warehouse for a startup
Data warehouses that listed a free tier when last reviewed, ordered by that and entry price. Check current terms before committing.
Budget ETL & data pipelines
ETL / data-pipeline tools ranked by value: affordable and open-source data integration.
Budget BI & analytics
Analytics / BI tools ranked by value: affordable and open-source dashboards and reporting.