# RethinkDB: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/rethinkdb

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [NoSQL databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/nosql-databases/index.md) | 0% | 76 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Why to avoid: RethinkDB offered a great developer experience... the company behind it shut down in 2016" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, NoSQL)
- "RethinkDB effectively died around 2021... relying on it for a new project is a high-risk gamble." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, NoSQL)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named RethinkDB, from 1 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cassandra.apache.org: 1
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 1
- elastic.co: 1
- mongodb.com: 1
- rethinkdb.com: 1 (its own site)

### Pages cited

- https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/stable/cassandra/architecture/guarantees.html: 1
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/bp-partition-key-design.html: 1
- https://elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/index-settings/translog: 1
- https://elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current: 1
- https://mongodb.com/legal/licensing/community-edition: 1
- https://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-shutdown: 1

## In its own words

What RethinkDB's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: the open-source database for the realtime web (https://rethinkdb.com/)
- For: developers building realtime apps (https://rethinkdb.com/)
- Customers named: NASA, ESOC, MRI Technologies Inc., Lendio, ClientSuccess, Platzi

## What it publishes

Every page rethinkdb.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 136 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 128 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-12-10
- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2016-04-22
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2014-08-15
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2014-06-20
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2010-06-28
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2013-01-13
- Recent: 2023-12-10 blog: 2.4.4 release https://rethinkdb.com/blog/2.4.4-release
- Recent: 2023-02-05 blog: 2.4.3 release https://rethinkdb.com/blog/2.4.3-release
- Recent: 2022-04-25 blog: 2.4.2 release https://rethinkdb.com/blog/2.4.2-release
- Recent: 2020-08-13 blog: 2.4.1 release https://rethinkdb.com/blog/2.4.1-release
- Recent: 2020-05-21 blog: Download server changes https://rethinkdb.com/blog/download-server-changes
- Recent: 2020-02-13 blog: Volunteering build a community together https://rethinkdb.com/blog/volunteering-build-a-community-together

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.