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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Google BigQuery vs. Heroic

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

A RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena framework

Large scale data warehouse service with append-only tables

Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS

leveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

RDF store

Relational DBMS

Time Series 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	3.62
Rank	#83	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	58.10
Rank	#19	Overall
	#13	Relational DBMS

Score	0.46
Rank	#265	Overall
	#22	Time Series DBMS

Website

aerospike.com

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

cloud.google.com/bigquery

github.com/spotify/heroic

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs

spotify.github.io/heroic

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Google

Spotify

Initial release

2012

2000

2010

2014

Current release

7.0, November 2023

4.9.0, July 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java VM

hosted

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

RDF Schemas

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

via Elasticsearch

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

RESTful HTTP/JSON API

HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API

Supported programming languages

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

Java

.Net
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

user defined functions

in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

via event handler

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

none

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

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

ACID

TDB Transactions

Since BigQuery is designed for querying data

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

Access control via Jena Security

Access privileges (owner, writer, reader) on dataset, table or view level

Google Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM)

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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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