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Category: Database, Data

February 19th 2021Resources 7 min read While SQL has been the big dog since the 70s in terms of database management, NoSQL has really come into its own since the late 2000s.

Contrary to SQL, data in NoSQL databases can be stored in various ways such as key-value pairs, documents (usually JSON) or even graphs. The main advantages of NoSQL databases are: Flexibility: NoSQL databases don't require a strict data model.

Scaling: Contrary to SQL databases, NoSQL database scale horizontally.