# Riak KV alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 251 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Riak KV holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/riak-kv/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- MongoDB: 140
- Amazon DynamoDB: 25
- Couchbase: 9
- Azure Cosmos DB: 7
- PostgreSQL: 7
- Google Cloud Firestore: 6

## NoSQL databases

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Riak KV.

- MongoDB: first choice in 58 of those 84
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Google Cloud Firestore: first choice in 5 of those 84
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Couchbase: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Apache CouchDB: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Azure Cosmos DB: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Firebase Realtime Database: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Riak KV (Riak KV is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- MongoDB: first choice in 45 of those 83
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 7 of those 83
- Redis: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Couchbase: first choice in 2 of those 83
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Apache Cassandra: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Google Cloud Firestore: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Google Firebase Firestore: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Riak KV.

- MongoDB: first choice in 37 of those 84
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Azure Cosmos DB: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Couchbase: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Apache Cassandra: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Redis: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Aerospike: first choice in 1 of those 84
- DataStax: first choice in 1 of those 84

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