Visual explanation of the top 7 database paradigms and what they do best. 66 words.
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Database Paradigms Explained Visually
Key-Value
Popular Key-Value Databases: Redis, Memcached, Etcd

Wide Column
Popular Wide-Column Databases: Cassandra, Apache HBase

Document Oriented
Popular Document Databases: MongoDB, Firestore, CouchDB

Relational
Popular Relational Databases: MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, CockroachDB

Graph
Popular Graph Databases: Neo4j, DGraph, Janus Graph

Search Engine
Popular Search Databases: ElasticSearch, Algolia, MeiliSearch

Multi-Model
Popular Multi-model Databases: FaunaDB, CosmosDB
