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Spec score 7.6 #14 of 31 in Key-Value Databases

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Integrations
Riak KV integrates with Apache Spark, Apache Mesos and Redis caching.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Security
Riak documentation describes authentication and authorization controls and SSL configuration, while noting that Riak does not provide fine-grained role-based security.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.riak.com
Architecture
Its masterless architecture automates data distribution across clusters and scales near linearly on commodity hardware.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Availability
Riak KV is designed to continue reads and writes during hardware failures or network partitions.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Client libraries
The product provides libraries or clients for Java, Ruby, Python, C#, Erlang, Node.js and .NET.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Conflict resolution
Dotted version vectors track logical time to resolve object conflicts automatically.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Data expiration
Global Object Expiration automatically removes aged data according to configured expiry settings.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Deployment platforms
Official downloads provide packages or archives for Debian, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, RHEL/CentOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Solaris, Ubuntu and source builds.Read 1 Oct 2026 · docs.riak.com
Product type
Riak KV is a distributed NoSQL key-value database with local and multi-cluster replication.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Querying
Riak KV supports Solr full-text search, secondary indexes and MapReduce queries.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Support tiers
Commercial configurations include engineering support ranging from business hours to 24x7x365, with stated SLAs from 24 hours to 30 minutes.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Target workloads
Riak KV is presented for Big Data applications such as session or user data, connected-device data and globally replicated workloads.Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com

Plans and prices

Riak KV Open Source Free Apache 2 license · key-value data module · masterless built-in replication · HTTP API and Protocol Buffers Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Riak KV Developer Priced on request Commercial license · multi-cluster replication · SNMP/JMX support · business-hours engineering support · 24-hour SLA Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Riak KV Enterprise Priced on request Commercial license · multi-cluster replication · 24x7x365 engineering support · emergency patches · 1-hour SLA Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Riak KV Enterprise Plus Priced on request Commercial license · multi-cluster replication · SNMP/JMX support · baseline and system assessment · 24x7x365 support · onsite assessment twice yearly · emergency patches · 30-minute SLA Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com
Riak KV Pro Priced on request Apache 2 license · business-hours engineering support · 4-hour SLA Read 1 Oct 2026 · riak.com

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