I would also like to point out that it's a pretty good document store even without the super awesome realtime bits: This video is 2 years old (and rethinkdb ha

I would also like to point out that it's a pretty good document store even without the super awesome realtime bits: This video is 2 years old (and rethinkdb has gotten way more awesome since then), but it comes with some super useful things out of the box, like a very nice Web UI, distributed system support, joins, and a great way to write complex queries (ReQL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPKsBNw604 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPKsBNw604 If a document model fits your data, I'd suggest giving rethink a try.