diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f893f82c..092d3210 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -366,7 +366,35 @@ Note that deleting a tenant doesn't delete his database. You can do this manuall
 
 ## Storage driver
 
-Currently, only Redis is supported, but you're free to code your own storage driver which follows the `Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces\StorageDriver` interface. Just point the `tenancy.storage_driver` setting at your driver.
+### Database
+
+The database storage driver lets you store information about tenants in a relational database like MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite.
+
+To use this storage driver, publish the `create_tenants_table` migration:
+
+```
+php artisan vendor:publish --provider='Stancl\Tenancy\TenancyServiceProvider' --tag=migrations
+```
+
+By default, the table contains only `uuid`, `domain` and `data` columns.
+
+The `data` column is used to store information about a tenant, such as their selected plan, in JSON form. This package does not store anything in the column by default.
+
+You can store specific keys in your own columns. This is useful if you want to use RDBMS features like indexes.
+
+If you don't need any custom columns, you can skip the next section and run:
+
+```
+php artisan migrate
+```
+
+#### Adding your own columns
+
+To add your own columns, TODO.
+
+### Redis
+
+Using Redis as your storage driver is recommended due to its low overhead compared to a relational database like MySQL.
 
 **Note that you need to configure persistence on your Redis instance** if you don't want to lose all information about tenants.
 
diff --git a/src/config/tenancy.php b/assets/config.php
similarity index 72%
rename from src/config/tenancy.php
rename to assets/config.php
index 6ebd7251..b8f27925 100644
--- a/src/config/tenancy.php
+++ b/assets/config.php
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 <?php
 
 return [
-    'storage_driver' => 'Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\RedisStorageDriver',
+    'storage_driver' => 'Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\DatabaseStorageDriver',
+    'storage' => [
+        'db' => [ // Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\DatabaseStorageDriver
+            'data_column' => 'data',
+            'custom_columns' => [
+                // 'plan',
+            ],
+            'connection' => 'central',
+        ],
+        'redis' => [ // Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\RedisStorageDriver
+            'connection' => 'tenancy',
+        ],
+    ],
     'tenant_route_namespace' => 'App\Http\Controllers',
     'exempt_domains' => [
         // 'localhost',
     ],
     'database' => [
-        'based_on' => 'mysql',
+        'based_on' => 'sqlite',
         'prefix' => 'tenant',
         'suffix' => '',
     ],
diff --git a/assets/migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php b/assets/migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc07702e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class CreateTenantsTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::create('tenants', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('uuid', 36)->primary(); // don't change this
+            $table->string('domain', 255)->index(); // don't change this
+
+            // your indexed columns go here
+
+            $table->json('data')->default('{}');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::drop('tenants');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Interfaces/StorageDriver.php b/src/Interfaces/StorageDriver.php
index 83dcae4a..1bda4976 100644
--- a/src/Interfaces/StorageDriver.php
+++ b/src/Interfaces/StorageDriver.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ interface StorageDriver
 {
     public function identifyTenant(string $domain): array;
 
+    /** @return array[] */
     public function getAllTenants(array $uuids = []): array;
 
     public function getTenantById(string $uuid, array $fields = []): array;
diff --git a/src/StorageDrivers/DatabaseStorageDriver.php b/src/StorageDrivers/DatabaseStorageDriver.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faaa9f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/StorageDrivers/DatabaseStorageDriver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers;
+
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Tenant;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Interfaces\StorageDriver;
+
+class DatabaseStorageDriver implements StorageDriver
+{
+    public $useJson = false;
+
+    // todo use an instance of tenant model?
+    // todo write tests verifying that data is decoded and added to the array
+
+    public function identifyTenant(string $domain): array
+    {
+        $id = $this->getTenantIdByDomain($domain);
+        if (! $id) {
+            throw new \Exception("Tenant could not be identified on domain {$domain}");
+        }
+
+        return $this->getTenantById($id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get information about the tenant based on his uuid.
+     *
+     * @param string $uuid
+     * @param array $fields
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getTenantById(string $uuid, array $fields = []): array
+    {
+        if ($fields) {
+            return Tenant::decodeData(Tenant::find($uuid)->only($fields));
+        } else {
+            return Tenant::find($uuid)->decoded();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getTenantIdByDomain(string $domain): ?string
+    {
+        return Tenant::where('domain', $domain)->first()->uuid ?? null;
+    }
+
+    public function createTenant(string $domain, string $uuid): array
+    {
+        return Tenant::create(['uuid' => $uuid, 'domain' => $domain])->toArray();
+    }
+
+    public function deleteTenant(string $id): bool
+    {
+        return Tenant::find($id)->delete();
+    }
+
+    public function getAllTenants(array $uuids = []): array
+    {
+        return Tenant::getAllTenants($uuids)->toArray();
+    }
+
+    public function get(string $uuid, string $key)
+    {
+        return Tenant::find($uuid)->get($key);
+    }
+
+    public function getMany(string $uuid, array $keys): array
+    {
+        return Tenant::find($uuid)->getMany($keys);
+    }
+
+    public function put(string $uuid, string $key, $value)
+    {
+        return Tenant::find($uuid)->put($key, $value);
+    }
+
+    public function putMany(string $uuid, array $values): array
+    {
+        foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
+            Tenant::find($uuid)->put($key, $value);
+        }
+
+        return $values;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php b/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php
index 82faebdb..63c087af 100644
--- a/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php
+++ b/src/StorageDrivers/RedisStorageDriver.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RedisStorageDriver implements StorageDriver
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->redis = Redis::connection('tenancy');
+        $this->redis = Redis::connection(config('tenancy.redis.connection', 'tenancy'));
     }
 
     public function identifyTenant(string $domain): array
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ class RedisStorageDriver implements StorageDriver
      */
     public function getTenantById(string $uuid, array $fields = []): array
     {
-        $fields = (array) $fields;
-
         if (! $fields) {
             return $this->redis->hgetall("tenants:$uuid");
         }
diff --git a/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php b/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php
index 76218665..09ffeaaf 100644
--- a/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/TenancyServiceProvider.php
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ class TenancyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         ]);
 
         $this->publishes([
-            __DIR__ . '/config/tenancy.php' => config_path('tenancy.php'),
+            __DIR__ . '/../assets/config.php' => config_path('tenancy.php'),
         ], 'config');
 
+        $this->publishes([
+            __DIR__ . '/../assets/migrations/' => database_path('migrations'),
+        ], 'migrations');
+
         $this->loadRoutesFrom(__DIR__ . '/routes.php');
 
         Route::middlewareGroup('tenancy', [
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ class TenancyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function register()
     {
-        $this->mergeConfigFrom(__DIR__ . '/config/tenancy.php', 'tenancy');
+        $this->mergeConfigFrom(__DIR__ . '/../assets/config.php', 'tenancy');
 
         $this->app->bind(StorageDriver::class, $this->app['config']['tenancy.storage_driver']);
         $this->app->bind(ServerConfigManager::class, $this->app['config']['tenancy.server.manager']);
diff --git a/src/Tenant.php b/src/Tenant.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2eb8039f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tenant.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Tenant extends Model
+{
+    protected $guarded = [];
+    protected $primaryKey = 'uuid';
+    public $incrementing = false;
+    public $timestamps = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Decoded data from the data column.
+     *
+     * @var object
+     */
+    private $dataObject;
+
+    public static function dataColumn()
+    {
+        return config('tenancy.storage.db.data_column', 'data');
+    }
+
+    public static function customColumns()
+    {
+        return config('tenancy.storage.db.custom_columns', []);
+    }
+
+    public function getConnectionName()
+    {
+        return config('tenancy.storage.db.connection', 'central');
+    }
+
+    public static function getAllTenants(array $uuids)
+    {
+        $tenants = $uuids ? static::findMany($uuids) : static::all();
+
+        return $tenants->map([__CLASS__, 'decodeData'])->toBase();
+    }
+
+    public function decoded()
+    {
+        return static::decodeData($this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a tenant array with data decoded into separate keys.
+     *
+     * @param Tenant|array $tenant
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function decodeData($tenant)
+    {
+        $tenant = $tenant instanceof self ? (array) $tenant->attributes : $tenant;
+        $decoded = json_decode($tenant[$dataColumn = static::dataColumn()], true);
+
+        foreach ($decoded as $key => $value) {
+            $tenant[$key] = $value;
+        }
+
+        // If $tenant[$dataColumn] has been overriden by a value, don't delete the key.
+        if (! array_key_exists($dataColumn, $decoded)) {
+            unset($tenant[$dataColumn]);
+        }
+
+        return $tenant;
+    }
+
+    public function getFromData(string $key)
+    {
+        $this->dataArray = $this->dataArray ?? json_decode($this->{$this->dataColumn()}, true);
+
+        return $this->dataArray[$key] ?? null;
+    }
+
+    public function get(string $key)
+    {
+        return $this->$key ?? $this->getFromData($key) ?? null;
+    }
+
+    /** @todo In v2, this should return an associative array. */
+    public function getMany(array $keys): array
+    {
+        return array_map([$this, 'get'], $keys);
+    }
+
+    public function put(string $key, $value)
+    {
+        if (array_key_exists($key, $this->customColumns())) {
+            $this->update([$key => $value]);
+        } else {
+            $obj = json_decode($this->{$this->dataColumn()});
+            $obj->$key = $value;
+
+            $this->update([$this->dataColumn() => json_encode($obj)]);
+        }
+
+        return $value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/TenantManager.php b/src/TenantManager.php
index 9d5531bb..37c9e716 100644
--- a/src/TenantManager.php
+++ b/src/TenantManager.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ final class TenantManager
      *
      * @var StorageDriver
      */
-    protected $storage;
+    public $storage;
 
     /**
      * Database manager.
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ final class TenantManager
             throw new \Exception("Domain $domain is already occupied by tenant $id.");
         }
 
-        $tenant = $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($this->storage->createTenant($domain, (string) \Webpatser\Uuid\Uuid::generate(1, $domain)));
+        $tenant = $this->storage->createTenant($domain, (string) \Webpatser\Uuid\Uuid::generate(1, $domain));
+        if ($this->useJson()) {
+            $tenant = $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($tenant);
+        }
 
         if ($data) {
             $this->put($data, null, $tenant['uuid']);
@@ -115,7 +118,12 @@ final class TenantManager
     {
         $fields = (array) $fields;
 
-        return $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($this->storage->getTenantById($uuid, $fields));
+        $tenant = $this->storage->getTenantById($uuid, $fields);
+        if ($this->useJson()) {
+            $tenant = $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($tenant);
+        }
+
+        return $tenant;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -200,7 +208,9 @@ final class TenantManager
      */
     public function setTenant(array $tenant): array
     {
-        $tenant = $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($tenant);
+        if ($this->useJson()) {
+            $tenant = $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($tenant);
+        }
 
         $this->tenant = $tenant;
 
@@ -227,10 +237,15 @@ final class TenantManager
     public function all($uuids = [])
     {
         $uuids = (array) $uuids;
+        $tenants = $this->storage->getAllTenants($uuids);
 
-        return collect(array_map(function ($tenant_array) {
-            return $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($tenant_array);
-        }, $this->storage->getAllTenants($uuids)));
+        if ($this->useJson()) {
+            $tenants = array_map(function ($tenant_array) {
+                return $this->jsonDecodeArrayValues($tenant_array);
+            }, $tenants);
+        }
+
+        return collect($tenants);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -336,6 +351,15 @@ final class TenantManager
         return $array;
     }
 
+    public function useJson()
+    {
+        if (property_exists($this->storage, 'useJson') && $this->storage->useJson === false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the identified tenant's attribute(s).
      *
diff --git a/test b/test
index ff55e60b..822b6d4b 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ set -e
 # for development
 docker-compose up -d
 printf "Variant 1\n\n"
-TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_TENANCY=1 TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_CLIENT=phpredis docker-compose exec test vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-php coverage/1.cov "$@"
+docker-compose exec test env TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_TENANCY=1 TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_CLIENT=phpredis TENANCY_TEST_STORAGE_DRIVER=redis vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-php coverage/1.cov "$@"
 printf "Variant 2\n\n"
-TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_TENANCY=0 TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_CLIENT=predis docker-compose exec test vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-php coverage/2.cov "$@"
+docker-compose exec test env TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_TENANCY=0 TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_CLIENT=predis TENANCY_TEST_STORAGE_DRIVER=redis vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-php coverage/2.cov "$@"
+printf "Variant 3\n\n"
+docker-compose exec test env TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_TENANCY=1 TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_CLIENT=phpredis TENANCY_TEST_STORAGE_DRIVER=db vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-php coverage/3.cov "$@"
 docker-compose exec test vendor/bin/phpcov merge --clover clover.xml coverage/
diff --git a/tests/CommandsTest.php b/tests/CommandsTest.php
index df90a21b..6d2a8e41 100644
--- a/tests/CommandsTest.php
+++ b/tests/CommandsTest.php
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
             ->expectsQuestion('Do you want to publish the default database migration?', 'yes');
         $this->assertFileExists(base_path('routes/tenant.php'));
         $this->assertFileExists(base_path('config/tenancy.php'));
+        $this->assertFileExists(database_path('migrations/2019_08_08_000000_create_tenants_table.php'));
         $this->assertSame("<?php
 
 namespace App\Http;
diff --git a/tests/TenantStorageTest.php b/tests/TenantStorageTest.php
index aaa4209b..8904ed18 100644
--- a/tests/TenantStorageTest.php
+++ b/tests/TenantStorageTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Tests;
 
+use Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\RedisStorageDriver;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\DatabaseStorageDriver;
+
 class TenantStorageTest extends TestCase
 {
     /** @test */
@@ -111,4 +114,30 @@ class TenantStorageTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertSame($value, tenancy()->put($value));
     }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function correct_storage_driver_is_used()
+    {
+        if (config('tenancy.storage_driver') == DatabaseStorageDriver::class) {
+            $this->assertSame('DatabaseStorageDriver', class_basename(tenancy()->storage));
+        } elseif (config('tenancy.storage_driver') == RedisStorageDriver::class) {
+            $this->assertSame('RedisStorageDriver', class_basename(tenancy()->storage));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function data_is_stored_with_correct_data_types()
+    {
+        tenancy()->put('someBool', false);
+        $this->assertSame('boolean', gettype(tenancy()->get('someBool')));
+
+        tenancy()->put('someInt', 5);
+        $this->assertSame('integer', gettype(tenancy()->get('someInt')));
+
+        tenancy()->put('someDouble', 11.40);
+        $this->assertSame('double', gettype(tenancy()->get('someDouble')));
+
+        tenancy()->put('string', 'foo');
+        $this->assertSame('string', gettype(tenancy()->get('string')));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 0183cc5a..9cafb202 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -3,19 +3,14 @@
 namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Tests;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\RedisStorageDriver;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\StorageDrivers\DatabaseStorageDriver;
 
 abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
 {
     public $autoCreateTenant = true;
     public $autoInitTenancy = true;
 
-    private function checkRequirements(): void
-    {
-        parent::checkRequirements();
-
-        dd($this->getAnnotations());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Setup the test environment.
      *
@@ -28,6 +23,12 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
         Redis::connection('tenancy')->flushdb();
         Redis::connection('cache')->flushdb();
 
+        $this->loadMigrationsFrom([
+            '--path' => realpath(__DIR__ . '/../assets/migrations'),
+            '--database' => 'central',
+        ]);
+        config(['database.default' => 'sqlite']); // fix issue caused by loadMigrationsFrom
+
         if ($this->autoCreateTenant) {
             $this->createTenant();
         }
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
         }
     }
 
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        // config(['database.default' => 'central']);
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
     public function createTenant($domain = 'localhost')
     {
         tenant()->create($domain);
@@ -59,6 +67,8 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
             \Dotenv\Dotenv::create(__DIR__ . '/..')->load();
         }
 
+        fclose(fopen(database_path('central.sqlite'), 'w'));
+
         $app['config']->set([
             'database.redis.cache.host' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
             'database.redis.default.host' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
@@ -72,6 +82,10 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
                 'database' => env('TENANCY_TEST_REDIS_DB', 14),
                 'prefix' => 'abc', // todo unrelated to tenancy, but this doesn't seem to have an effect? try to replicate in a fresh laravel installation
             ],
+            'database.connections.central' => [
+                'driver' => 'sqlite',
+                'database' => database_path('central.sqlite'),
+            ],
             'tenancy.database' => [
                 'based_on' => 'sqlite',
                 'prefix' => 'tenant',
@@ -90,11 +104,27 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
             'tenancy.redis.prefixed_connections' => ['default'],
             'tenancy.migrations_directory' => database_path('../migrations'),
         ]);
+
+        if (env('TENANCY_TEST_STORAGE_DRIVER', 'redis') === 'redis') {
+            $app['config']->set([
+                'tenancy.storage_driver' => RedisStorageDriver::class,
+            ]);
+
+            tenancy()->storage = $app->make(RedisStorageDriver::class);
+        } elseif (env('TENANCY_TEST_STORAGE_DRIVER', 'redis') === 'db') {
+            $app['config']->set([
+                'tenancy.storage_driver' => DatabaseStorageDriver::class,
+            ]);
+
+            tenancy()->storage = $app->make(DatabaseStorageDriver::class);
+        }
     }
 
     protected function getPackageProviders($app)
     {
-        return [\Stancl\Tenancy\TenancyServiceProvider::class];
+        return [
+            \Stancl\Tenancy\TenancyServiceProvider::class,
+        ];
     }
 
     protected function getPackageAliases($app)