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Best Spatial Databases 2026
Facts read 28 Sep 2026 – 21 Oct 2026
Spatial data projects can involve geometry, raster information or coordinate changes, so the database capabilities on offer matter. Compare spatial data types and 3D geometry support with raster support and coordinate transforms to see which match your data. Supabase, Couchbase Lite and MySQL are among the entries, with RavenDB and Teradata VantageCloud also shown. Query interface and deployment model help you compare how you would access and run each option. Check the free plan and paid-from pricing for cost context, then focus on the capabilities relevant to the information you need to store and query. The listed fields give you concrete points of comparison across these spatial databases.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
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| 01 Virtuoso Universal Server | Virtuoso suits teams integrating relational, graph, XML, and web data across hybrid or self-hosted deployments. | 6.3 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 02 Azure SQL Database | Azure SQL Database suits teams building modern applications, mission-critical workloads, or AI-ready architectures. | 6.0 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 14 Oct 2026 |
| 03 CrateDB | CrateDB may suit teams analyzing live operational data across varied data types, including time-series, JSON, and geospatial data. | 6.0 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 04 SingleStore Helios | Helios suits teams that need a cloud database for transactional and analytical work, with multiple data models or AI workloads. | 6.0 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 05 IBM Db2 | 5.8 | $630 a month | Free plan | Web, Windows, Linux, API | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| 06 MySQL | 5.7 | Free plan | Free plan | Windows, Mac, Linux, API | 28 Sep 2026 | |
| 07 Apache Solr | Solr suits teams and individuals building self-hosted search for documents, websites, or applications. | 5.6 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 08 CockroachDB Cloud | CockroachDB Cloud suits teams building relational database workloads that need managed operations across regions or cloud providers. | 5.6 | $0.60 a month | Free plan | Web, Linux, API | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 09 Elasticsearch | 5.6 | $99 a month | Free plan | Web, Linux, API, Self-hosted | 30 Sep 2026 | |
| 10 Teradata VantageCloud | 5.6 | Free plan | Free plan | Web, Linux, API, Self-hosted | 2 Oct 2026 |
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Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database suits teams building modern applications, mission-critical workloads, or AI-ready architectures.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 Record6.0 Visit
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CrateDB
CrateDB may suit teams analyzing live operational data across varied data types, including time-series, JSON, and geospatial data.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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SingleStore Helios
Helios suits teams that need a cloud database for transactional and analytical work, with multiple data models or AI workloads.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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IBM Db2
WebWindowsLinux+2 Record5.8 Visit
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Apache Solr
WebWindowsMac+3 Free plan Record5.6 Visit Solr suits teams and individuals building self-hosted search for documents, websites, or applications.
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CockroachDB Cloud
WebLinuxAPI $0.60 a month Record5.6 Visit CockroachDB Cloud suits teams building relational database workloads that need managed operations across regions or cloud providers.
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Supabase
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 $25 a month Record5.5 Visit Supabase may suit developers building applications that need a Postgres backend with authentication, storage, realtime features or server-side functions.
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RavenDB
WebWindowsMac+3 Free plan Record5.2 Visit It suits teams building document-database workflows that need search, integrations, deployment choices, or AI features.
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Microsoft SQL Server
WindowsLinuxAPI+1 Free plan Record5.1 Visit SQL Server suits organizations and developers that need a database engine, data integration, or data virtualization.
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Amazon RDS
WebAPISelf-hosted Free plan Record5.0 Visit Amazon RDS suits teams that want a managed relational database with multiple engine choices.
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Redis Insight
WebWindowsMac+2 Free plan Record4.9 Visit Redis Insight is suited to developers and administrators who work with Redis data and want GUI and command-line tools for inspection and management.
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Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.8 Visit It suits developers building flexible-schema, latency-sensitive, elastic, high-throughput, or highly available mission-critical applications.
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GeoDesk
WindowsMacLinux Free plan Record4.8 Visit GeoDesk suits developers and analysts working with OpenStreetMap data who want to build applications or perform geospatial analysis.
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MonetDB
WindowsMacLinux+2 Free plan Record4.8 Visit MonetDB suits organizations and researchers needing a self-hosted SQL database for analytics or bulk processing.
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OpenSearch
WebWindowsMac+3 Free plan Record4.8 Visit OpenSearch suits teams building search, observability, or security analytics applications, particularly those that need flexible deployment or want to modify and embed…
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Tile38
WindowsMacLinux+2 Free plan Record4.7 Visit Tile38 suits developers building location-aware services that need self-hosted spatial indexing, geofencing, and event notifications.
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Amazon Aurora
API Free plan Record4.5 Visit AWS identifies enterprise applications, multi-tenant SaaS, and globally distributed applications as Aurora workloads.
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