MongoDB vs Riak

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MongoDB		Riak
	Project
248	Mentions	1
25,418	Stars	3,899
1.1%	Growth	0.3%
10.0	Activity	2.3
3 days ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
C++	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

MongoDB

Posts with mentions or reviews of MongoDB. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-09.

From Zero to CRUD Hero: Building Your First Backend API in JavaScript
1 project | dev.to | 23 Apr 2024

First, visit MongoDB Atlas and create an account, or sign in if you already have one. This article will guide you through the process of creating a MongoDB account. You should be redirected to your dashboard once you have completed the process. Locate the Connect button and click it.
Understanding SQL vs. NoSQL Databases: A Beginner's Guide
5 projects | dev.to | 9 Apr 2024

On the other hand, NoSQL databases are non-relational databases. They store data in flexible, JSON-like documents, key-value pairs, or wide-column stores. Examples include MongoDB, Couchbase, and Cassandra.
Building Llama as a Service (LaaS)
14 projects | dev.to | 8 Apr 2024

I built each API with Node.js, Express, and Docker. Services connected to a NoSQL MongoDB database.
Time Series Blob Data: ReductStore vs. MongoDB
4 projects | dev.to | 8 Apr 2024

In edge computing, managing time series blob data efficiently is critical for performance-sensitive applications. This blog post will compare ReductStore, a specialized time series database for unstructured data, and MongoDB, a widely-used NoSQL database.
Build Your Own Uptime Monitor with MeteorJS + Fetch + Plotly.js ☄️🔭
4 projects | dev.to | 8 Mar 2024

MongoDB to store our data as documents, close to JS objects
How to choose the right type of database
15 projects | dev.to | 28 Feb 2024

MongoDB: Known for its ease of development and strong community support, MongoDB is effective in scenarios where flexible schema and rapid iteration are more critical than strict ACID compliance.
How to create a dynamic AI Discord bot with TypeScript
1 project | dev.to | 18 Feb 2024

MongoDB
Mastering Microservices: A Hands-On Tutorial with Node.js, RabbitMQ, Nginx, and Docker
5 projects | dev.to | 8 Feb 2024

Ensure you have MongoDB installed for data storage. You can download MongoDB Community Server from MongoDB's official website or use the cloud cluster.
How to Build & Deploy Scalable Microservices with NodeJS, TypeScript and Docker || A Comprehesive Guide
13 projects | dev.to | 25 Jan 2024

We will be using MongoDB as a database on both the Auth microservice and notifications microservice, sign up for a MongoDB Atlas account here incase you donot have one and donot have its desktop application(mongodb campass) installed and would like to use mongodb atlas. This cloud-based database service offers a free tier and simplifies the process of managing MongoDB databases.
Build a GraphQL API with NodeJS and TypeScript || A Comprehensive Guide
2 projects | dev.to | 12 Jan 2024

Head over to MongoDB and create an account or login to grab your connection string.

Riak

Posts with mentions or reviews of Riak. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-28.

Ask HN: Good examples of fault-tolerant Erlang code?
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Dec 2023

Step zero is definitely the OTP Design Principles doc (part of the OTP distribution):
https://www.erlang.org/doc/design_principles/users_guide
There are some good texts that have more examples:
Erlang & OTP in Action - https://www.manning.com/books/erlang-and-otp-in-action
Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP - https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-for-scalabili...
One big example of distributed Erlang is Riak:
https://github.com/basho/riak

What are some alternatives?

When comparing MongoDB and Riak you can also consider the following projects:

mongo-express - Web-based MongoDB admin interface, written with Node.js and express

CouchDB - Seamless multi-master syncing database with an intuitive HTTP/JSON API, designed for reliability

Marten - .NET Transactional Document DB and Event Store on PostgreSQL

Redis - Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. The data model is key-value, but many different kind of values are supported: Strings, Lists, Sets, Sorted Sets, Hashes, Streams, HyperLogLogs, Bitmaps.

LiteDB - LiteDB - A .NET NoSQL Document Store in a single data file

Apache HBase - Apache HBase

LevelDB - LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.

RethinkDB - The open-source database for the realtime web.

SQLAlchemy - The Database Toolkit for Python

Apache Ignite - Apache Ignite

Neo4j - Graphs for Everyone