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Name

Description

Flash-optimized In-memory NoSQL Database

A high performance open source SQL database for time series data

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

Primary database model

Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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

Score	1.89
Rank	#146	Overall
	#11	Time Series DBMS

Score	4.57
Rank	#87	Overall
	#13	Key-value stores

Website

aerospike.com

questdb.io

rocksdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.aerospike.com

questdb.io/docs/introduction

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

Social network pages

Developer

Aerospike

QuestDB Limited

Facebook, Inc.

Initial release

2012

2014

2013

Current release

6.0.0.0, April 2022

7.10.2, March 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

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

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

BSD

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

Linux

Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol

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

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Proprietary protocol

HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC

C++ API
Java API

Supported programming languages

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

PostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

over HTTP

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

with Lua

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning (by timestamps)

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor

Configurable consistency for N replicas

yes

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 for single-table writes

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

through memory mapped files

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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Relational model with native time series support Column based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantages

Optimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Real-time data ingestion and istant SQL queries for time series High performance...
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Typical application scenarios

Aerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Application metrics Financial market data and algo trading DevOps monitoring Real-time...
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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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Apache 2.0.
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News

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21 March 2023

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

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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

MongoDB Time Series Benchmark and Review
20 March 2023

Loading Pandas DataFrames into QuestDB
9 March 2023

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3 March 2023

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2 March 2023

The Tale of Troubleshooting: Unstable Builds and Open Source Infrastructure
1 March 2023

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