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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

Wide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB

Optimized for write access

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

Primary database model

Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

Wide column store

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Vector DBMS

starting with release V5

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Score	6.85
Rank	#60	Overall
	#11	Document stores
	#7	Key-value stores
	#2	Spatial DBMS

Score	110.06
Rank	#12	Overall
	#1	Wide column stores

Score	3.92
Rank	#94	Overall
	#15	Key-value stores

Website

aerospike.com

cassandra.apache.org

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Apache Software Foundation

Apache top level project, originally developped by Facebook

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2012

2008

2013

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

4.1.3, July 2023

8.5.4, September 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

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

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

restricted

only equality queries, not always the best performing solution

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

Proprietary protocol

CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

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

C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript

Node.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

no "single point of failure"

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Representation of geographical distribution of servers is possible

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

yes

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
Immediate Consistency

can be individually decided for each write operation

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

Atomicity and isolation are supported for single operations

yes

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 rights for users can be defined per object

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Apache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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No single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Internet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Apple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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Apache licenseÂ Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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