Aerospike Database vs GridGain
Aerospike Database
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| Figure | Aerospike Database | GridGain |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.11/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 7 |
| Spec score · In-Memory Databases | 9.1 (#2) | 8.2 (#7) |
| Integrations | Aerospike Connect includes connectors for Elasticsearch, Spark, Kafka, JMS, Pulsar, Trino, and Event Stream Processing, with additional licensing noted for these connectors. | The official extensions page lists a certified Kafka connector, Oracle Golden Gate, and Data Lake Accelerator; it also names Spring, Spark, Hibernate L2 Cache, MyBatis L2 Cache, and Cassandra integrations. |
| Intended users | Aerospike describes Enterprise Edition as suited to mission-critical workloads and data pipelines, including machine learning and generative and agentic AI workloads. | The company describes GridGain as serving use cases that need speed and scalability across financial services, fintech, software, eCommerce, retail, telecommunications, online services, and healthcare. |
| Security | Enterprise Edition lists TLS transport encryption, access control lists, Vault integration, and FIPS 140-2 compliance; some security features require additional licensing. | GridGain 9 supports SSL/TLS for cluster and client connections, and Enterprise and Ultimate editions include role-based authorization. |
| Storage | Its storage options include in-memory, hybrid memory and flash, all-flash, and network block storage. | The platform supports configurable disk-based persistence and can store data in memory and on disk. |
| Support | Community Edition includes community support, while Enterprise Edition includes enterprise production support and hot patch availability. | The official edition comparison lists support for Enterprise and Ultimate, while GridGain documentation says production support and professional services are available for all editions and Apache Ignite deployments. |
| Transactions | Aerospike 8 provides strict serializability guarantees for distributed ACID transactions. | The platform supports ANSI SQL, key-value APIs, and ACID transactions. |
Plans
Aerospike Database
- Community EditionFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
GridGain
- Attached Nebula cluster — Apache Ignite$0.11 a month
- Attached Nebula cluster — Community Edition$0.20 a month
- Attached Nebula cluster — Enterprise Edition$0.30 a month
- Attached Nebula cluster — Ultimate Edition$0.53 a month
- Managed Nebula cluster S$1.98 a month
- Managed Nebula cluster M$3.96 a month
- Managed Nebula cluster L$7.92 a month
In their own words
Aerospike Database
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GridGain
GridGain Platform is an in-memory computing system for transactional, streaming, and analytical workloads. It keeps data in memory, on disk, or both through configurable disk persistence, and supports ANSI SQL, key-value APIs, and ACID transactions. Workloads run across horizontally scalable clusters deployed on premises or in public or private clouds; GridGain says its architecture can scale to petabytes of in-memory data. Listed capabilities include transaction processing, advanced analytics, AI/ML operations, data hub, system of record, stream processing, and vector search. Supported data models include key-value, relational, document, geospatial, and unstructured data. Integrations include Kafka, Oracle Golden Gate, Data Lake Accelerator, Spring, Spark, Hibernate L2 Cache, MyBatis L2 Cache, and Cassandra. GridGain 9 supports SSL/TLS, while Enterprise and Ultimate add role-based authorization and transparent data encryption. Pricing is on request, with a 30-day trial and no free plan.