diff --git a/aiida/manage/configuration/__init__.py b/aiida/manage/configuration/__init__.py
index f5d35ebb6c..0942b849b9 100644
--- a/aiida/manage/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/aiida/manage/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def create_profile(
     """
     from aiida.orm import User
 
-    storage_config = storage_cls.Configuration(**{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}).dict()
+    storage_config = storage_cls.Configuration(**{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}).model_dump()
     profile: Profile = config.create_profile(name=name, storage_cls=storage_cls, storage_config=storage_config)
 
     with profile_context(profile.name, allow_switch=True):
diff --git a/aiida/storage/__init__.py b/aiida/storage/__init__.py
index d10f4a7799..e96bc23623 100644
--- a/aiida/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/aiida/storage/__init__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 # yapf: disable
 # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
 
+from .sqlite_dos import *
 
 __all__ = (
+    'SqliteDosStorage',
 )
 
 # yapf: enable
diff --git a/aiida/storage/psql_dos/orm/groups.py b/aiida/storage/psql_dos/orm/groups.py
index d22d04538d..313262c8fc 100644
--- a/aiida/storage/psql_dos/orm/groups.py
+++ b/aiida/storage/psql_dos/orm/groups.py
@@ -116,8 +116,11 @@ def count(self):
 
         :return: integer number of entities contained within the group
         """
+        from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
+        group = aliased(self.MODEL_CLASS)
+        nodes = aliased(self.GROUP_NODE_CLASS)
         session = self.backend.get_session()
-        return session.query(self.MODEL_CLASS).join(self.MODEL_CLASS.dbnodes).filter(DbGroup.id == self.pk).count()
+        return session.query(group).join(nodes, nodes.dbgroup_id == group.id).filter(group.id == self.pk).count()
 
     def clear(self):
         """Remove all the nodes from this group."""
diff --git a/aiida/storage/sqlite_dos/__init__.py b/aiida/storage/sqlite_dos/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e23640982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aiida/storage/sqlite_dos/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Storage implementation using Sqlite database and disk-objectstore container."""
+
+# AUTO-GENERATED
+
+# yapf: disable
+# pylint: disable=wildcard-import
+
+from .backend import *
+
+__all__ = (
+    'SqliteDosStorage',
+)
+
+# yapf: enable
diff --git a/aiida/storage/sqlite_dos/backend.py b/aiida/storage/sqlite_dos/backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f71ee5dcdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aiida/storage/sqlite_dos/backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+###########################################################################
+# Copyright (c), The AiiDA team. All rights reserved.                     #
+# This file is part of the AiiDA code.                                    #
+#                                                                         #
+# The code is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core #
+# For further information on the license, see the LICENSE.txt file        #
+# For further information please visit http://www.aiida.net               #
+###########################################################################
+"""Storage implementation using Sqlite database and disk-objectstore container."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from functools import cached_property
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import mkdtemp
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from disk_objectstore import Container
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from sqlalchemy import insert
+from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
+
+from aiida.manage import Profile
+from aiida.orm.implementation import BackendEntity
+from aiida.storage.psql_dos.models.settings import DbSetting
+from aiida.storage.sqlite_zip import models, orm
+from aiida.storage.sqlite_zip.migrator import get_schema_version_head
+from aiida.storage.sqlite_zip.utils import create_sqla_engine
+
+from ..psql_dos import PsqlDosBackend
+from ..psql_dos.migrator import REPOSITORY_UUID_KEY, PsqlDosMigrator
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from aiida.repository.backend import DiskObjectStoreRepositoryBackend
+
+__all__ = ('SqliteDosStorage',)
+
+
+class SqliteDosMigrator(PsqlDosMigrator):
+    """Storage implementation using Sqlite database and disk-objectstore container.
+
+    This storage backend is not recommended for use in production. The sqlite database is not the most performant and it
+    does not support all the ``QueryBuilder`` functionality that is supported by the ``core.psql_dos`` storage backend.
+    This storage is ideally suited for use cases that want to test or demo AiiDA as it requires no server but just a
+    folder on the local filesystem.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, profile: Profile) -> None:
+        # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
+        filepath_database = Path(profile.storage_config['filepath']) / 'database.sqlite'
+        filepath_database.touch()
+
+        self.profile = profile
+        self._engine = create_sqla_engine(filepath_database)
+        self._connection = None
+
+    def get_container(self) -> Container:
+        """Return the disk-object store container.
+
+        :returns: The disk-object store container configured for the repository path of the current profile.
+        """
+        filepath_container = Path(self.profile.storage_config['filepath']) / 'container'
+        return Container(str(filepath_container))
+
+    def initialise_database(self) -> None:
+        """Initialise the database.
+
+        This assumes that the database has no schema whatsoever and so the initial schema is created directly from the
+        models at the current head version without migrating through all of them one by one.
+        """
+        models.SqliteBase.metadata.create_all(self._engine)
+
+        repository_uuid = self.get_repository_uuid()
+
+        # Create a "sync" between the database and repository, by saving its UUID in the settings table
+        # this allows us to validate inconsistencies between the two
+        self.connection.execute(
+            insert(DbSetting).values(key=REPOSITORY_UUID_KEY, val=repository_uuid, description='Repository UUID')
+        )
+
+        # finally, generate the version table, "stamping" it with the most recent revision
+        with self._migration_context() as context:
+            context.stamp(context.script, 'main@head')  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            self.connection.commit()  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+
+class SqliteDosStorage(PsqlDosBackend):
+    """A lightweight backend intended for demos and testing.
+
+    This backend implementation uses an Sqlite database and
+    """
+
+    migrator = SqliteDosMigrator
+
+    class Configuration(BaseModel):
+
+        filepath: str = Field(
+            title='Directory of the backend',
+            description='Filepath of the directory in which to store data for this backend.',
+            default_factory=mkdtemp
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def initialise(cls, profile: Profile, reset: bool = False) -> bool:
+        filepath = Path(profile.storage_config['filepath'])
+
+        try:
+            filepath.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        except FileExistsError as exception:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f'`{filepath}` is a file and cannot be used for instance of `SqliteDosStorage`.'
+            ) from exception
+
+        if list(filepath.iterdir()):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f'`{filepath}` already exists but is not empty and cannot be used for instance of `SqliteDosStorage`.'
+            )
+
+        return super().initialise(profile, reset)
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        state = 'closed' if self.is_closed else 'open'
+        return f'SqliteDosStorage[{self._profile.storage_config["filepath"]}]: {state},'
+
+    def _initialise_session(self):
+        """Initialise the SQLAlchemy session factory.
+
+        Only one session factory is ever associated with a given class instance,
+        i.e. once the instance is closed, it cannot be reopened.
+
+        The session factory, returns a session that is bound to the current thread.
+        Multi-thread support is currently required by the REST API.
+        Although, in the future, we may want to move the multi-thread handling to higher in the AiiDA stack.
+        """
+        engine = create_sqla_engine(Path(self._profile.storage_config['filepath']) / 'database.sqlite')
+        self._session_factory = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine, future=True, expire_on_commit=True))
+
+    def get_repository(self) -> 'DiskObjectStoreRepositoryBackend':
+        from aiida.repository.backend import DiskObjectStoreRepositoryBackend
+        container = Container(str(Path(self.profile.storage_config['filepath']) / 'container'))
+        return DiskObjectStoreRepositoryBackend(container=container)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def version_head(cls) -> str:
+        return get_schema_version_head()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def version_profile(cls, profile: Profile) -> str | None:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        return get_schema_version_head()
+
+    def query(self) -> orm.SqliteQueryBuilder:
+        return orm.SqliteQueryBuilder(self)
+
+    def get_backend_entity(self, model) -> BackendEntity:
+        """Return the backend entity that corresponds to the given Model instance."""
+        return orm.get_backend_entity(model, self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def authinfos(self):
+        return orm.SqliteAuthInfoCollection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def comments(self):
+        return orm.SqliteCommentCollection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def computers(self):
+        return orm.SqliteComputerCollection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def groups(self):
+        return orm.SqliteGroupCollection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def logs(self):
+        return orm.SqliteLogCollection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def nodes(self):
+        return orm.SqliteNodeCollection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def users(self):
+        return orm.SqliteUserCollection(self)
diff --git a/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py b/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py
index eaa1dab875..023421875e 100644
--- a/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py
+++ b/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def store(self, *args, **kwargs):
         backend = self._model._backend  # pylint: disable=protected-access
         if getattr(backend, '_read_only', False):
             raise ReadOnlyError(f'Cannot store entity in read-only backend: {backend}')
-        super().store(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=no-member
+        return super().store(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=no-member
 
 
 class SqliteUser(SqliteEntityOverride, users.SqlaUser):
diff --git a/docs/source/nitpick-exceptions b/docs/source/nitpick-exceptions
index e7ceeee3e7..1c0be753a2 100644
--- a/docs/source/nitpick-exceptions
+++ b/docs/source/nitpick-exceptions
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ py:class Flask
 
 py:class pytest.tmpdir.TempPathFactory
 
+py:class scoped_session
 py:class sqlalchemy.orm.decl_api.SqliteModel
 py:class sqlalchemy.orm.decl_api.Base
 py:class sqlalchemy.sql.compiler.TypeCompiler
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1ff3c06735..c4abf7d864 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ runaiida = "aiida.cmdline.commands.cmd_run:run"
 
 [project.entry-points."aiida.storage"]
 "core.psql_dos" = "aiida.storage.psql_dos.backend:PsqlDosBackend"
+"core.sqlite_dos" = "aiida.storage.sqlite_dos.backend:SqliteDosStorage"
 "core.sqlite_temp" = "aiida.storage.sqlite_temp.backend:SqliteTempBackend"
 "core.sqlite_zip" = "aiida.storage.sqlite_zip.backend:SqliteZipBackend"
 
diff --git a/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py b/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py
index 2cd8201d6e..767fc137c6 100644
--- a/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py
+++ b/tests/cmdline/commands/test_profile.py
@@ -133,10 +133,14 @@ def test_delete(run_cli_command, mock_profiles, pg_test_cluster):
     assert profile_list[3] not in result.output
 
 
-def test_setup(run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path):
-    """Test the ``verdi profile setup`` command."""
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('entry_point', ('core.sqlite_temp', 'core.sqlite_dos'))
+def test_setup(run_cli_command, isolated_config, tmp_path, entry_point):
+    """Test the ``verdi profile setup`` command.
+
+    Note that the options for user name and institution are not given in purpose
+    """
     profile_name = 'temp-profile'
-    options = ['core.sqlite_temp', '-n', '--filepath', str(tmp_path), '--profile', profile_name]
+    options = [entry_point, '-n', '--filepath', str(tmp_path), '--profile', profile_name, '--email', 'email@host']
     result = run_cli_command(cmd_profile.profile_setup, options, use_subprocess=False)
     assert f'Created new profile `{profile_name}`.' in result.output
     assert profile_name in isolated_config.profile_names
diff --git a/tests/manage/configuration/test_configuration.py b/tests/manage/configuration/test_configuration.py
index e363bd9a60..3b7d93181a 100644
--- a/tests/manage/configuration/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/manage/configuration/test_configuration.py
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 import aiida
 from aiida.manage.configuration import Profile, create_profile, get_profile, profile_context
 from aiida.manage.manager import get_manager
+from aiida.storage.sqlite_dos.backend import SqliteDosStorage
 from aiida.storage.sqlite_temp.backend import SqliteTempBackend
 
 
-def test_create_profile(isolated_config, tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('cls', (SqliteTempBackend, SqliteDosStorage))
+def test_create_profile(isolated_config, tmp_path, cls):
     """Test :func:`aiida.manage.configuration.tools.create_profile`."""
     profile_name = 'testing'
-    profile = create_profile(
-        isolated_config, SqliteTempBackend, name=profile_name, email='test@localhost', filepath=str(tmp_path)
-    )
+    profile = create_profile(isolated_config, cls, name=profile_name, email='test@localhost', filepath=str(tmp_path))
     assert isinstance(profile, Profile)
     assert profile_name in isolated_config.profile_names