> [!tldr] Exists within something else - not as a separate entity "Embedded database" turns out to be a really good name for what it is. An embedded database is one that expects to be put *into* the app your building, instead of existing as a separate entity on a server somewhere that you connect to. **The engine runs inside your process**. | Paradigm | [[De Facto]] Embedded Database | | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | [[OLTP]] | [[SQLite]] | | [[OLAP]] | [[DuckDB]] | | [[Graph Database]] | [[LadybugDB]] | | [[Types of Non-relational Databases#Document Store]] | [[SQLite]] + a [[JSON]] column | | [[Types of Non-relational Databases#Key-Value Store]] | LevelDB / RocksDB | **** # More ## Source - Claude AI