Submissions for nominations are now open for the annual Database Trends and Applications Readers' Choice Awards, a competition in which the winning information management solutions, products, and services are selected by you, the users.
The nominations period is open through March 6, 2026, and will be followed by actual voting on the products nominated by our readers.
Votes can only be cast for nominated products, so be sure to make your nominations now!
Winners will be showcased in a special section on the DBTA website and in the August 2026 edition of Database Trends and Applications magazine.
This year’s nominations categories are as follows:
BEST DATABASE OVERALL
BEST CLOUD DATABASE
BEST NOSQL DATABASE
BEST GRAPH DATABASE
BEST TIME-SERIES DATABASE
BEST MULTIVALUE DATABASE
BEST VECTOR DATABASE
BEST DBA TOOL
BEST DATABASE PERFORMANCE SOLUTION
BEST DATABASE DEV PLATFORM
BEST DATA PROTECTION AND RECOVERY SOLUTION
BEST DATA PLATFORM OVERALL
BEST DATA LAKEHOUSE SOLUTION
BEST DATA FABRIC SOLUTION
BEST DATA WAREHOUSE SOLUTION
BEST DATA VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTION
BEST AI & ANALYTICS PLATFORM
BEST REAL-TIME ANALYTICS PLATFORM
BEST SEMANTIC LAYER SOLUTION
BEST RAG / AI SEARCH PLATFORM
BEST KNOWLEDGE GRAPH SOLUTION
BEST DATA GOVERNANCE SOLUTION
BEST DATA QUALITY SOLUTION
BEST DATA SECURITY SOLUTION
BEST DATA OBSERVABILITY SOLUTION
BEST METADATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
BEST DATAOPS SOLUTION
BEST DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM
BEST DATA ENGINEERING PLATFORM
BEST DATA MODELING SOLUTION
To nominate products, go to www.dbta.com/Readers-Choice-Awards.