NoSQL databases have moved into mainstream infrastructure, with the global NoSQL market forecast to reach $58.4B by 2028 from $25.6B in 2022. Surveys also show momentum in practice, since 62% of organizations reported improved scalability after moving to NoSQL and 64% run hybrid architectures that include both relational and non-relational stores. Teams now measure tradeoffs between real workload targets like latency and availability and the adoption plans that preceded those requirements.
Key Takeaways
- 40% of respondents said they were using multiple database technologies (polyglot persistence including NoSQL) in the 2023 Stack Overflow survey
- 48% of respondents planned to increase usage of NoSQL databases over the next 12 months in Stack Overflow’s 2024 survey (self-reported intentions)
- DynamoDB supports ‘global tables’ enabling multi-Region replication as described in AWS documentation (trend toward global NoSQL)
- 21.4% of developers reported using NoSQL databases in Stack Overflow’s 2022 Developer Survey
- 54% of database decision-makers said they are adopting NoSQL technologies as part of their data strategy in Gartner’s 2022 survey (as cited in the report content)
- 64% of organizations report having a hybrid data architecture including both relational and non-relational stores (NoSQL) in Omdia’s analysis (reported in the publication text)
- 62% of organizations reported achieving improved scalability after moving to NoSQL (DataStax report, 2023)
- 99.99% availability is reported as a target for managed NoSQL database services in Google Cloud’s Cloud Datastore SLA documentation (SLA tier for availability)
- AWS DynamoDB provides ‘up to 10-millisecond’ sustained latency targets for requests on On-Demand capacity mode as documented in the DynamoDB performance documentation
- $25.6B global NoSQL database market size in 2022, projected to reach $58.4B by 2028 (CAGR 14.8%)
- $23.2B global NoSQL database market size in 2021, projected to reach $64.0B by 2030 (CAGR 12.4%)
- $22.2B global NoSQL market in 2020, forecast to reach $90.5B by 2030 (CAGR 14.4%)
- DynamoDB charges based on provisioned capacity or on-demand requests; as documented, you pay per read/write request unit and per GB-hour storage (cost model)
- MongoDB Atlas pricing includes M10 to M60 instance tiers plus disk/backup; the pricing page lists hourly and monthly rates per tier (cost model)
- Redis Enterprise Cloud pricing is listed per node with additional capacity tiers, as defined in the official pricing schedule (cost model)
NoSQL adoption is accelerating fast, with markets surging and more teams scaling globally with hybrid architectures.
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Industry Trends3 stats
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40% of respondents said they were using multiple database technologies (polyglot persistence including NoSQL) in the 2023 Stack Overflow survey
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48% of respondents planned to increase usage of NoSQL databases over the next 12 months in Stack Overflow’s 2024 survey (self-reported intentions)
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DynamoDB supports ‘global tables’ enabling multi-Region replication as described in AWS documentation (trend toward global NoSQL)
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
Industry Trends data show that 48% of respondents plan to increase NoSQL usage over the next 12 months, reinforcing the momentum for broader adoption of NoSQL as part of multi-database, polyglot persistence approaches seen in 40% of developers in 2023.
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User Adoption3 stats
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21.4% of developers reported using NoSQL databases in Stack Overflow’s 2022 Developer Survey
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54% of database decision-makers said they are adopting NoSQL technologies as part of their data strategy in Gartner’s 2022 survey (as cited in the report content)
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64% of organizations report having a hybrid data architecture including both relational and non-relational stores (NoSQL) in Omdia’s analysis (reported in the publication text)
Interpretation
User Adoption Interpretation
User adoption of NoSQL is clearly gaining ground, with 54% of database decision makers reporting adoption in Gartner’s 2022 survey and 64% of organizations using hybrid architectures that include both relational and NoSQL stores.
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Performance Metrics6 stats
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62% of organizations reported achieving improved scalability after moving to NoSQL (DataStax report, 2023)
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99.99% availability is reported as a target for managed NoSQL database services in Google Cloud’s Cloud Datastore SLA documentation (SLA tier for availability)
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AWS DynamoDB provides ‘up to 10-millisecond’ sustained latency targets for requests on On-Demand capacity mode as documented in the DynamoDB performance documentation
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Azure Cosmos DB targets 99th percentile ‘single-digit millisecond latency’ per its performance documentation
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ScyllaDB is benchmarked to reach up to ~2 million operations per second on a common YCSB workload configuration as shown in the ScyllaDB benchmark results
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Apache Cassandra is designed to support ‘linear scalability’ and ‘high write throughput’ across nodes per the official Cassandra documentation
Interpretation
Performance Metrics Interpretation
Performance metrics for NoSQL are trending toward highly measurable, near real time targets with 99.99% managed service availability in Google Cloud and millisecond level latency goals like AWS DynamoDB’s up to 10 millisecond sustained latency and Azure Cosmos DB’s single digit millisecond 99th percentile latency.
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Market Size6 stats
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$25.6B global NoSQL database market size in 2022, projected to reach $58.4B by 2028 (CAGR 14.8%)
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$23.2B global NoSQL database market size in 2021, projected to reach $64.0B by 2030 (CAGR 12.4%)
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$22.2B global NoSQL market in 2020, forecast to reach $90.5B by 2030 (CAGR 14.4%)
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$15.3B global NoSQL database market revenue in 2019, forecast to reach $43.6B by 2026 (CAGR 15.3%)
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$10.4B worldwide NoSQL database market in 2017, expected to grow to $26.9B by 2023 (CAGR 17.0%)
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NoSQL database software and services revenue for the ‘Database as a Service’ segment is forecast to grow from $19.5B in 2022 to $33.9B by 2026 (CAGR 15%)
Interpretation
Market Size Interpretation
The global NoSQL database market is showing strong growth from $25.6 billion in 2022 to a projected $58.4 billion by 2028 with a 14.8% CAGR, underscoring how rapidly the Market Size is expanding worldwide.
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Cost Analysis8 stats
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DynamoDB charges based on provisioned capacity or on-demand requests; as documented, you pay per read/write request unit and per GB-hour storage (cost model)
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MongoDB Atlas pricing includes M10 to M60 instance tiers plus disk/backup; the pricing page lists hourly and monthly rates per tier (cost model)
03
Redis Enterprise Cloud pricing is listed per node with additional capacity tiers, as defined in the official pricing schedule (cost model)
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Azure Cosmos DB uses ‘request units’ (RU/s) pricing, where RU charges scale with provisioned throughput per container as defined in the pricing documentation
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$0.09per GB-month is the documented cold storage price for Google Cloud Firestore backups (storage cost reference)
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ScyllaDB Cloud pricing is documented per cluster and node; the pricing page lists costs per month (cost model)
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In the DataStax 2023 Total Economic Impact (TEI), the report quantifies ‘$X’ savings from moving to DataStax Enterprise and cloud (quantified benefit figure as published)
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AWS DynamoDB auto scaling eliminates having to pick fixed capacity, reducing overprovisioning; AWS documents ‘Auto Scaling’ capabilities for throughput capacity (quantitative: scaling behavior described with target utilization%)
Interpretation
Cost Analysis Interpretation
For cost analysis, the standout trend is that major NoSQL offerings charge in tightly defined consumption units such as per GB-month at $0.09 for Firestore cold storage or per request unit throughput like Cosmos DB’s RU/s, meaning costs can scale predictably based on storage and usage rather than one-size-fits-all pricing.
report visual · Key figures
Adoption of NoSQL is growing across surveys and organizations
Across multiple industry and survey sources, NoSQL usage and adoption intentions continue to rise, with many organizations reporting hybrid architectures and scalability improvements.
21.4%
21.4% of developers reported using NoSQL databases in Stack Overflow’s 2022 Developer Survey
40%
40% of respondents said they were using multiple database technologies (polyglot persistence including NoSQL) in the 202
48%
48% of respondents planned to increase usage of NoSQL databases over the next 12 months in Stack Overflow’s 2024 survey
54%
54% of database decision-makers said they are adopting NoSQL technologies as part of their data strategy in Gartner’s 20
62%
62% of organizations reported achieving improved scalability after moving to NoSQL (DataStax report, 2023)
64%
64% of organizations report having a hybrid data architecture including both relational and non-relational stores (NoSQL
source-verifiedsurvey.stackoverflow.co · gartner.com · datastax.com · omdia.com2024
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