NoSQL vs. SQL when scalability is irrelevant

Question

Recently I have read a lot about different NoSQL databases and how they are being effectively deployed by some major websites out there. I\'m starting a project in which I

Answer 1

I don't think you should choose NoSQL datastore for its schema free design. Schema free design always existed in RDBMS via XML and some databases have good XML support. It is a lot easier to deal with a database than a NoSQL datastore. Scalability and big data should be the primary drivers to choose a NoSQL datastore otherwise the tradeoff of ACID and SQL is a lot to switch to NoSQL.