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DBMS > Aerospike vs. Bangdb vs. Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Bangdb vs. Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. SpaceTime

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.SpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score5.51
Rank#60  Overall
#10  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#6  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websiteaerospike.combangdb.comwww.datomic.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comdocs.bangdb.comdocs.datomic.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebook
DeveloperAerospikeSachin Sinha, BangDBCognitectCCRi and othersMireo
Initial release20122012201220142020
Current release7.0, November 2023BangDB 2.0, October 20211.0.6735, June 20235.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoBSD 3commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC, C++Java, ClojureScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL like support with command line toolnonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
Clojure
Java
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith Luanoyes infoTransaction Functionsnono
Triggersnoyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)By using transaction functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layerFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)none infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layerReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes, run db with in-memory only modeyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentdepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlyyes (enterprise version only)noyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafBangdbDatomicGeoMesaSpaceTime
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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