This was very helpful for me when I first looking for DB:
http://kkovacs.eu/cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-redis


I would recommend MongoLab when you're doing development since it's free:
https://mongolab.com/welcome/

I might eventually create an EC2 instance to maintain it myself when I go
to production though.

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Rob Ashton <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is a very broad question to be asking, and sounds dangerously like
> "please do all my research and make my decisions for me".
>
> They are all rather different things, and spending 30 minutes looking at
> each would tell you that and narrow your question down to something more
> reasonably answerable.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Dylan Hassinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody - I am a Node newb building my first app, and trying to
>> figure out which database system to use. Can anybody shed some light on
>> what the major differences are between Mongo, Couch and LevelDB - and when
>> is the right time to to use them?
>>
>> Specifically, is the syntax similar between them / is it easy to switch
>> after-the-fact?
>>
>> Also wondering if anybody has suggestions for hosted
>> database-as-a-service options? I've heard good things about MongoHQ, but
>> not sure if there's hosted options for Couch or LevelDB. Thanks for any
>> help!!
>>
>> dylan
>>
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