* Easier, Faster Development - Iterate faster by leveraging a flexible data model and a powerful query language to write less code, avoid database changes. * Flexible Data Modeling - Add features by extending the data model to nest or reference data, or by adding new indexes and queries on the same data. * Powerful Querying & Indexing - Perform complex queries, with or without joins, and benefit from a built-in query editor and schema browser - no code required. * SQL Integration & Migration - Migrate relational data and queries as is, continue to leverage enterprise BI and reporting tools with full support for SQL. * Big Data Integration - Integrate with Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop to enrich, distribute, and analyze operational data streams in real time. * Mobile / IoT Extensions - Simplify mobile development by leveraging a cross-platform, embedded database with automatic synchronization to the cloud. * Elastic Scalability - Scale easily, efficiently and reliably, from a few nodes to many, one data center to multiple, all with "push button" simplicity.

* Work with your favorite stack - Query JSON documents with Python, Ruby, Node.js or dozens of other languages. Build modern apps using your favorite web framework, paired with realtime technologies like Socket.io or SignalR. * Everything you need to build modern apps - Express relationships using joins, build location-aware apps, or store multimedia and time-series data. Do analytics with aggregation and map/reduce, and speed up your apps using flexible indexing. * Robust architecture - RethinkDB integrates the latest advances in database technology. It has a modern distributed architecture, a highly-optimized buffer cache, and a state of the art storage engine. * Built with love by the open source community - Developed by a core team of database experts and over 100 contributors from around the world, RethinkDB is shaped by developers like you participating in an open development process. * Scale your cluster in seconds - When you're ready to scale your app, shard and replicate in a few clicks using an intuitive web UI.