At this point we all generally understand that NoSQL means a system that lacks one or more of: the SQL language, a relational model or ACID guarantees. It’s a useful shorthand for all of that.
If that's the case, it wouldn't make sense to talk about NoSQL tradeoffs as if all NoSQL dbs were actually similar in any way.
Eg:
Fauna is considered a NoSQL database and doesn't have any of the drawbacks the article mentions. It has ACID guarantees, a relational model, and strong consistency.
Mongo and Dynamo also offer transactions with ACID guarantees these days.
What's the benefit then? Just use a CSV file. It's usually faster than any of the "NoSQL" systems out there, and used to be on par in terms of consistency and data-safety with mongodb. Actually better if you only append data.
