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CrateDB vs OpenSearch comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CrateDB
Ranking in Open Source Databases
17th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenSearch
Ranking in Open Source Databases
15th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Open Source Databases category, the mindshare of CrateDB is 1.0%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenSearch is 4.7%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Open Source Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenSearch4.7%
CrateDB1.0%
Other94.3%
Open Source Databases
 

Featured Reviews

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product owner at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Data platform has delivered real-time casino gameplay insights but still needs broader expertise
The best features CrateDB offers in my experience include many functionalities that allow you to purge data, maintain data, keep the database clean and essentially updated. CrateDB also allows us to store many records, and I think the performance is very strong compared to other databases or technologies. CrateDB's performance stood out for me as it allowed me to query results in less than seconds, which was optimal and enabled real-time analytics. I found it to be a very distributed SQL engine, which was beneficial considering our specific requirements. It supports multi-model and flexible schemas for structured and semi-structured data, JSON, time series for loads, and BLOBs, along with integrated performance improvements and faster ingestion than what I recall from other databases, plus better query optimizations. CrateDB has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to store several years of gameplay from our Asian customers, which involves millions and millions of records generated every day. Positively, we did not experience significant downtimes or outages, meaning the gameplay was not affected at all during these two years.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
24%
Computer Software Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Wholesaler/Distributor
9%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Educational Organization
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CrateDB?
CrateDB was free when I used it, so there was no pricing associated with it, as we used the free version.
What needs improvement with CrateDB?
I wanted to use CrateDB for visualization as well, but it did not provide what I needed, so we had to opt for Grafana for the visualization instead. Regarding needed improvements, I was quite able ...
What is your primary use case for CrateDB?
I used CrateDB for a one-off project from April to August in 2025. My main use case was a digital twin project designed to create a FIWARE-based application with a focus on optimizing the data mana...
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