Not every serverless database is embedded, but most of them - those that are also called "database library" are. Some examples of DBs that are both embedded and

Not every serverless database is embedded, but most of them - those that are also called "database library" are. Some examples of DBs that are both embedded and call themselves serverless: - SQLite: https://sqlite.org/serverless.html https://sqlite.org/serverless.html - UnQlite: https://www.unqlite.org/features.html#serverless https://www.unqlite.org/features.html#serverless Serverless is used to highlight this specific property of them. The OP's database is NOT embedded, but it is serverless.