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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Derby vs. Ignite vs. Speedb

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.An embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Wide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#315  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Websitearangodb.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisedb.apache.org/­derbyignite.apache.orgwww.speedb.io
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.datastax.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.DataStaxApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationSpeedb
Initial release20122011199720152020
Current release3.11.5, November 20236.8, April 202010.17.1.0, November 2023Apache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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ArangoDB Cloud –The Managed Cloud Service of ArangoDB. Provides fully managed, and monitored cluster deployments of any size, with enterprise-grade security. Get started for free and continue for as little as $0,21/hour.Datastax Astra DB: Astra DB simplifies cloud-native Cassandra application development for your apps, microservices and functions. Deploy in minutes on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and have it managed for you by the experts, with serverless, pay-as-you-go pricing.
Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC++, Java, .NetC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyesno
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBCHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnoJava Stored Proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no
Triggersnoyesyesyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infono "single point of failure"noneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsno
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ArangoDBDatastax EnterpriseDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBIgniteSpeedb
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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DataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Speedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Supporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Speedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Applications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Capital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Among the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Annual subscription
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Open source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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