About Database Lens

A workload-first
perspective.

Database Lens is an English-language publication about database selection, industry requirements, and evaluation methods.

What we cover

Our aim is to help technical teams ask better questions before choosing a database. We begin with practical evaluation guides and plan to add evidence-backed comparisons organized around real workloads.

Industry context

Financial services, retail and commerce, and gaming place different demands on correctness, latency, availability, and operations. Our industry guides help turn those demands into concrete evaluation criteria.

How to read this publication

Read our evaluation methodology to understand the evidence standard. Guides provide evaluation frameworks; they do not imply that a product has passed a test. Documented capabilities, hands-on observations, measured results, and editorial judgments are different kinds of evidence.

Start with your workload

Explore the evaluation guides, browse industry requirements, or create a database evaluation brief for your team.