DBMS > Aerospike vs. Apache Druid vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. RocksDB

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Apache Druid vs. EventStoreDB vs. FileMaker vs. RocksDB

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

Open-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality data

Industrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.

FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS

leveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS

Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS

Event Store

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

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Score	5.51
Rank	#60	Overall
	#10	Document stores
	#3	Graph DBMS
	#6	Key-value stores
	#2	Spatial DBMS
	#2	Vector DBMS

Score	3.25
Rank	#90	Overall
	#47	Relational DBMS
	#7	Time Series DBMS

Score	1.19
Rank	#173	Overall
	#1	Event Stores

Score	47.91
Rank	#20	Overall
	#14	Relational DBMS

Score	3.41
Rank	#86	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Website

aerospike.com

druid.apache.org

www.eventstore.com

www.claris.com/filemaker

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

druid.apache.org/docs/latest/design

developers.eventstore.com

www.claris.com/resources/documentation

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Apache Software Foundation and contributors

Event Store Limited

Claris

a subsidiary of Apple

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2012

1983

2013

Current release

7.1, May 2024

29.0.1, April 2024

21.2, February 2021

19.4.1, November 2021

9.2.1, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition available

Open Source

Apache license v2

Open Source

commercial

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

Linux
OS X
Unix

Linux
Windows

iOS

client part only
Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-less columns are supported

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

A http query request can return the data in XML format

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL for querying

yes

via plugins

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin

JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala

PHP

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

manual/auto, time-based

none

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

yes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage engines

Source-replica replication, warm standby

since Version 14

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configuration

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

Atomic execution of operations

yes

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

RBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and system

simple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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News

Aerospike, AWS, Google, Glean, and other Industry Leaders Speaking at Real-time Data Summit 2024
5 June 2024

Aerospike a Winner in 2024 Business Sustainability Awards
22 May 2024

New Aerospike Release Lets Enterprises Consolidate Expensive Legacy Cache And Database Platforms
15 May 2024

Aerospike Recognized by Independent Research Firm Among Notable Vendors in Vector Databases Report
7 May 2024

Aerospike Closes $109M in Growth Capital from Sumeru Equity Partners
4 April 2024

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