# How to Choose a Database for an AI-Powered Product

DevFeed: [How to Choose a Database for an AI-Powered Product](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-choose-a-database-for-an-ai-powered-product-23775.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cockroachlabs.com/blog/database-for-ai-applications>)

Author: David Weiss

Published: 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cockroach-labs.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [AI Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-platform.md>), [Data Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-infrastructure.md>), [autoscaling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/autoscaling.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [capacity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/capacity.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents seven criteria for choosing a database for an AI-powered product in production. It emphasizes evaluating elastic scalability, concurrency, correctness, workload demands, global distribution, and access by autonomous agents rather than selecting a database solely for model support or vector search.

## Source excerpt

Organizations across fintech, healthcare, retail, gaming, SaaS, and scores more verticals are embedding AI into business-critical offerings.