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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Couchbase vs. PouchDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. VelocityDB

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseA distributed document store with integrated cache, a powerful search engine, in-built operational and analytical capabilities, and an embedded mobile databaseJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeDocument storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store infooriginating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.16
Rank#63  Overall
#10  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score16.74
Rank#33  Overall
#5  Document stores
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#345  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
#21  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteaerospike.comwww.couchbase.compouchdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comdocs.couchbase.compouchdb.com/­guidesvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeCouchbase, Inc.Apache Software FoundationVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20122011201220092011
Current release7.1, May 2024Server: 7.2, June 2023; Mobile: 3.1, March 2022; Couchbase Capella (DBaaS), June 20237.1.1, June 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoBusiness Source License (BSL 1.1); Commercial licenses also availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC, C++, Go and ErlangJavaScriptJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL++, extends ANSI SQL to JSON for operational, transactional, and analytic use casesnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Kafka Connector
Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs
Spark Connector
Spring Data
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
TinkerPop 3.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Kotlin
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptGroovy
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith LuaFunctions and timers in JavaScript and UDFs in Java, Python, SQL++View functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersnoyes infovia the TAP protocolyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic ShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication infoincluding cross data center replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduceyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoselectable on a per-operation basis
Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoEphemeral bucketsyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlyUser and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication. Role-base access control.nonoBased on Windows Authentication
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafCouchbase infoOriginally called MembasePouchDBTinkerGraphVelocityDB
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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News

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4 September 2024

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20 August 2024

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30 July 2024

Aerospike Appoints Venkatesh Guntur as Country Head for Southeast Asia
25 June 2024

Aerospike, AWS, Google, Glean, and other Industry Leaders Speaking at Real-time Data Summit 2024
5 June 2024

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