Item: RavenDB
Rating: 5
Author: Juliet Gavison

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We build software, back and front, and in my case, I need a small DB for a serverless app that needs to be fast, reliable, and flexible.

Pros and Cons

fast connection and data serving
making data readable and understable

I think the docs could be improved, and guides added for some main use case (like integration for SPA, serverless, etc.)
I believe the studio interface could be simplified

Return on Investment

because my learning process was a bit lenghty, the return will take a bit to show

Key Insights

Do you think RavenDB delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with RavenDB's feature set?

Yes

Did RavenDB live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of RavenDB go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy RavenDB again?

Yes

Other Software Used

MongoDB Atlas

Usability

The learning curve; sometimes hard to implement basic setup

Support Rating

I did not yet use the support, but the docs are very complete, while sometimes they can be a bit obscure.

Likelihood to Recommend

While the learning curve can be kind of steep for people less familiar with general database knowledge, it is a great tool that seems to be customizable for pretty much any need one may have.

Seems to be customizable for pretty much any need one may have

Overall Satisfaction with RavenDB