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Aerospike Database vs FoundationDB

Aerospike Database

aerospike.com

FoundationDB

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FigureAerospike DatabaseFoundationDB
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trialYes—
Open sourceYes—
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published20
Spec score · Key-Value Databases9.1 (#1)7.8 (#10)
Spec score · Distributed Systems9.1 (#1)7.7 (#19)
Spec score · Database Software8.5 (#29)7.7 (#57)
Data modelsThe database supports key-value, document and graph data structures through one core engine.Applications can build richer data models on its ordered key-value store using multikey transactions.
SecurityEnterprise Edition lists TLS transport encryption, access control lists, Vault integration, and FIPS 140-2 compliance; some security features require additional licensing.FoundationDB supports TLS for communication security and authentication, but cluster connections are unencrypted by default.
SupportCommunity Edition includes community support, while Enterprise Edition includes enterprise production support and hot patch availability.The project provides community forums for technical and user discussions.
TransactionsAerospike 8 provides strict serializability guarantees for distributed ACID transactions.It provides global ACID transactions with strict serializability using optimistic concurrency.
What it doesAerospike Database is a distributed NoSQL platform for real-time workloads requiring predictable low latency, high availability and very large scale.FoundationDB is a distributed database that organizes structured data as an ordered key-value store.

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Aerospike Database

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionPriced on request

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FoundationDB

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