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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB

Primary database model

Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

Document store

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Score	6.54
Rank	#65	Overall
	#12	Document stores
	#7	Key-value stores
	#2	Spatial DBMS

Score	3.49
Rank	#100	Overall
	#20	Document stores

Website

aerospike.com

pouchdb.com

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

pouchdb.com/guides

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

Apache Software Foundation

Initial release

2012

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

7.1.1, June 2019

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Server operating systems

Linux

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

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

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

HTTP REST

only for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API

Supported programming languages

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

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

with a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Multi-source replication

also with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication

also with CouchDB databases

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

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

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

Atomic execution of operations

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend

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

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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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News

Aerospike Expands Community Leadership and Enterprise Support for Spring Framework
21 March 2023

Aerospike Again Selected for Prestigious 2023 Inc. 5000 Regionals
8 March 2023

Reducing Costs and Cutting CO2 emissions – Aerospike Explores the Vital Role of a Real-Time Data Platform at Big Data & AI World
6 March 2023

Real-time Data Platform Leader Releases Aerospike Connect for Elasticsearch
18 January 2023

Aerospike 6 on AWS Graviton2 Delivers 1.6x Improvement in Price-Performance
16 November 2022

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DB-Engines blog posts

Evaluating Hbase and Aerospike Solutions for Real-time System of Record
17 March 2020, Srini Srinivasan, Aerospike (sponsor)

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New kids on the block: database management systems implemented in JavaScript
1 December 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

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Recent citations in the news

Aerospike targets Java Spring devs with support for the popular framework
22 March 2023, The Register

Reducing Costs and Cutting CO2 emissions - Aerospike Explores ...
6 March 2023, GlobeNewswire

The Continuing Growth Story of Operational Database Management Market | Aerospike, Mongodb, Marklogic
28 March 2023, openPR

Aerospike Again Selected for Prestigious 2023 Inc. 5000 Regionals
8 March 2023, GlobeNewswire

How Aerospike Document Database supports real-time applications
14 February 2023, InfoWorld

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7 September 2016, SitePoint

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1 December 2022, SitePoint

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20 September 2018, Packt Hub

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22 January 2019, TechBeacon

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6 May 2022, Appinventiv

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