The document compares RocksDB and BoltDB key-value databases. It provides an overview of RocksDB, including its history as a fork of LevelDB, architecture using LSM trees, and common use cases. BoltDB is summarized as a simpler embedded key-value store for Go using B+ trees. The document discusses the differences between their data structures and optimizations, and provides an example use case of BoltDB in an open-source map routing project.