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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Apache IoTDB vs. OrientDB

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

An IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and Flink

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Primary database model

Key-value store

Time Series DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Secondary database models

Document store

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Score	6.52
Rank	#66	Overall
	#10	Key-value stores

Score	0.43
Rank	#255	Overall
	#20	Time Series DBMS

Score	4.86
Rank	#80	Overall
	#14	Document stores
	#5	Graph DBMS
	#12	Key-value stores

Website

aerospike.com

iotdb.apache.org

orientdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Apache Software Foundation

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Initial release

2012

2018

2010

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

3.1.9, February 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache version 2

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

SQL-like query language, no joins

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

JDBC
Native API

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

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

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

Java, Javascript

Triggers

yes

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Multi-source replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

Integration with Hadoop and Spark

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

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

Eventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

ACID

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

yes

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Apache IoTDB (Internet of Things Database) is a time series data management system...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Low Cost and High Performance Tens of million points write throughput High compression...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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IoT / IIoT End-Edge-Cloud Collaboration Real-Time and Historian Time Series Analytics
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Over 200 customers worldwide, including Bosch, Siemens, Komat'su, Alibaba, etc.
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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185+ contributors and 10,000+ times monthly clones on GitHub Rank 7 by commits among...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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Open Source: Apache License v2.0 Pricing for commercial-/cloud-/edge-edition provided...
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News

Aerospike Announces Aerospike SQL Powered by Starburst
15 June 2022

Aerospike Unveils Database 6
27 April 2022

AWS Sponsors Aerospike’s Summit 2022: Mission Now
6 April 2022

Aerospike Accelerates Real-time Data Management in the Cloud
29 March 2022

Aerospike’s Rapid Growth Lands Spot on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Pacific Region’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
16 March 2022

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DB-Engines blog posts

Evaluating Hbase and Aerospike Solutions for Real-time System of Record
17 March 2020, Srini Srinivasan, Aerospike (sponsor)

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