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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Datomic

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS

leveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS

Relational DBMS

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Score	5.05
Rank	#62	Overall
	#10	Document stores
	#3	Graph DBMS
	#7	Key-value stores
	#2	Spatial DBMS
	#4	Vector DBMS

Score	1.50
Rank	#141	Overall
	#65	Relational DBMS

Website

aerospike.com

www.datomic.com

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

docs.datomic.com

Developer

Aerospike

Cognitect

Initial release

2012

Current release

7.1, May 2024

1.0.7180, July 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

commercial

limited edition free

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java, Clojure

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

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

SQL

Support of SQL

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

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

Clojure
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

yes

Transaction Functions

Triggers

By using transaction functions

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

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

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles

with Enterprise Edition only

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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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