DBMS > Aerospike vs. etcd vs. GridDB vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. etcd vs. GridDB vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. TinkerGraph

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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

A distributed reliable key-value store

Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big Data

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service

A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS

leveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

Key-value store

Time Series DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store

Graph DBMS

Secondary database models

Key-value store
Relational DBMS

Spatial DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	5.78
Rank	#61	Overall
	#11	Document stores
	#3	Graph DBMS
	#7	Key-value stores
	#2	Spatial DBMS

Score	7.25
Rank	#54	Overall
	#5	Key-value stores

Score	1.95
Rank	#128	Overall
	#10	Time Series DBMS

Score	29.04
Rank	#27	Overall
	#4	Document stores
	#2	Graph DBMS
	#3	Key-value stores
	#3	Wide column stores

Score	0.08
Rank	#348	Overall
	#35	Graph DBMS

Website

aerospike.com

etcd.io
github.com/etcd-io/etcd

griddb.net

azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db

tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#tinkergraph-gremlin

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

etcd.io/docs
github.com/etcd-io/etcd/tree/master/Documentation

docs.griddb.net

learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Toshiba Corporation

Microsoft

Initial release

2012

2013

2014

2009

Current release

7.0, November 2023

3.4, August 2019

5.1, August 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also available

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

FreeBSD
Linux
Windows

experimental

Linux

hosted

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

numerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestamp

yes

JSON types

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

All properties auto-indexed by default

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin

gRPC
JSON over HTTP

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API

TinkerPop 3

Supported programming languages

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

.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl

C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python

Groovy
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

JavaScript

Triggers

yes, watching key changes

yes

JavaScript

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Using Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.

Source-replica replication

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Aerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reduce

Connector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobs

with Hadoop integration

Integration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*

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

Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers

Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

ACID at container level

Multi-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

optional

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 database

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

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Specific characteristics

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customers

Nielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metrics

Aerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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GitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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News

Aerospike Recognized by Independent Research Firm Among Notable Vendors in Vector Databases Report
7 May 2024

Aerospike Closes $109M in Growth Capital from Sumeru Equity Partners
4 April 2024

Aerospike Achieves the new AWS Advertising and Marketing Technology Competency
30 November 2023

Aerospike Showcases New Levels of Database Performance, Price, and Sustainability on Graviton3 at AWS re:Invent
28 November 2023

Aerospike Database 7 Delivers Enterprise Resiliency, Scale, and Speed to In-memory Database Workloads
15 November 2023

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