Hey Product Hunt 😸
I’m excited to share this year’s State of Databases report.
The Basedash team created the State of Databases last year when we realized there was no definitive survey of database tech. This surprised us since databases power basically every app, and because there are so many great database products and related tooling released each year.
It’s only our second time running the survey, so I’m excited to hear what you think. There’s a lot we improved based on the feedback we got on last year’s report. More specifically, we added a lot more tools and collected granular data around usage and favorability. We also compiled an app leaderboard that takes a number of ratings into account, rather than mere usage.
Big thanks to partners Prisma, Timescale, Airplane, PlanetScale, SingleStore and Weaviate, who helped spread the word about this year’s survey.
Some interesting stats from this year:
- The vast majority of developers prefer SQL (54%) to NoSQL (6%)
- Postgres (4.49) just barely inched out Planetscale (4.48)
- Newcomer Drizzle (4.11) neck-and-neck with Prisma (4.06)
Is there anything you were surprised about? Something you saw coming? And what can we improve for next year’s edition? I’d love to hear from you.
About State of Databases 2023 on Product Hunt
“Trends on databases, hosting providers, ORMs, and more”
State of Databases 2023 launched on Product Hunt on July 27th, 2023 and earned 119 upvotes and 13 comments, placing #27 on the daily leaderboard. We ran a survey with thousands of developers to learn about their favorite databases, tools, and tech. Here are the results.
On the analytics side, State of Databases 2023 competes within SaaS, Developer Tools and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how State of Databases 2023 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted State of Databases 2023?
State of Databases 2023 was hunted by Max Musing. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of State of Databases 2023 including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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