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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.78
Rank#61  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteaerospike.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebook
DeveloperAerospikeTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotify
Initial release20122013200920142014
Current release7.0, November 20233.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCGoJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesno
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 indexesyesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
JCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
GoJavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith LuanononoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsyesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlynonono
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafBoltDBEhcacheHeroicLokiJS
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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