DBMS > Aerospike vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Redis vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Apache IoTDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Redis vs. Weaviate

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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

A drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.

Popular in-memory data platform used as a cache, message broker, and database that can be deployed on-premises, across clouds, and hybrid environments

Redis focuses on performance so most of its design decisions prioritize high performance and very low latencies.

An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS

leveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Document store

Key-value store

Multiple data types and a rich set of operations, as well as configurable data expiration, eviction and persistence

Vector DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store

with RedisJSON
Graph DBMS

with RedisGraph
Spatial DBMS
Search engine

with RediSearch
Time Series DBMS

with RedisTimeSeries
Vector DBMS

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

Score	1.31
Rank	#164	Overall
	#14	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.60
Rank	#246	Overall
	#39	Document stores

Score	155.94
Rank	#6	Overall
	#1	Key-value stores

Score	1.52
Rank	#153	Overall
	#5	Vector DBMS

Website

aerospike.com

iotdb.apache.org

www.percona.com/mongodb/software/percona-server-for-mongodb

redis.com
redis.io

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

iotdb.apache.org/UserGuide/Master/QuickStart/QuickStart.html

docs.percona.com/percona-distribution-for-mongodb

docs.redis.com/latest/index.html
redis.io/docs

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Apache Software Foundation

Percona

Redis project core team, inspired by Salvatore Sanfilippo

Development sponsored by Redis Inc.

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

2012

2018

2015

2009

2019

Current release

7.0, November 2023

1.1.0, April 2023

3.4.10-2.10, November 2017

7.2.5, May 2024

1.19, May 2023

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

GPL Version 2

Open Source

source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Redis Enterprise

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)

Linux

BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows

ported and maintained by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

partial

Supported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

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

with RediSearch module

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

with RediSQL module

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin

JDBC
Native API

proprietary protocol using JSON

proprietary protocol

RESP - REdis Serialization Protocol

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

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

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk

C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

JavaScript

Lua; Redis Functions coming in Redis 7 (slides and Github)

Triggers

yes

publish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionality; RedisGears

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)

Sharding

Automatic hash-based sharding with support for hash-tags for manual sharding

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

selectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicas

Source-replica replication

Multi-source replication

with Redis Enterprise Pack
Source-replica replication

Chained replication is supported

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

Integration with Hadoop and Spark

yes

through RedisGears

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

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency
Causal consistency can be enabled in Active-Active databases
Strong consistency with Redis Raft
Strong eventual consistency with Active-Active

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

Atomic execution of command blocks and scripts and optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Configurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

via In-Memory Engine

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

yes

Access rights for users and roles

Access Control Lists (ACLs): redis.io/docs/management/security/acl
LDAP and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Redis Enterprise
Mutual TLS authentication: redis.io/docs/management/security/encryption
Password-based authentication

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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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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