Best Key-Value Databases in 2026
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32 key-value databases ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
32ranked
0free plans on this page
4 Oct 2026last checked
Key-Value Databases, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 0 of the 7 on this page have a public API.
- 26 Huawei Cloud Key-Value Storage Service (KVS) API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 27 KVdb.io API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 28 Ristretto API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 29 SuperMassive API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 30 Tencent Cloud API Gateway API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 31 DistKV API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.9
- 32 VMware Tanzu Platform API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 4.8
Compare all 7 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Maximum value size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Huawei Cloud Key-Value Storage Service (KVS) | 5.0 | No | No | — | cloud | 0.5 MB |
| 27 | KVdb.io | 5.0 | No | No | 19 /mo | hybrid | 0.02 MB |
| 28 | Ristretto | 5.0 | No | — | — | self_hosted | — |
| 29 | SuperMassive | 5.0 | No | — | — | self_hosted | — |
| 30 | Tencent Cloud API Gateway | 5.0 | No | — | — | hybrid | 10 MB |
| 31 | DistKV | 4.9 | No | — | — | self_hosted | — |
| 32 | VMware Tanzu Platform | 4.8 | No | — | — | self_hosted | — |
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