2023 state of databases for serverless & edge

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There’s been massive innovation in the database and backend space for developers building applications with serverless and edge compute. There are new tools, companies, and even programming models that simplify how developers store data. By Lee Robinson.

This post will be an overview of databases that pair well with modern application and compute providers.

This comparison dives into:

  • A new programming model
  • Trends
  • Databases
    • Established serverless solutions
      • Firebase
      • MongoDB
      • MySQL
      • PostgreSQL
    • Rising serverless database solutions
      • Fauna
      • Convex
      • Grafbase
      • Neon
      • Supabase
    • Stateful backends and other solutions

While there are new companies creating serverless-first storage solutions, a new programming model is required for workloads to be compatible with serverless compute and modern runtimes. Interesting one!

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