Aerospike Database vs Tarantool DB
Aerospike Database
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Tarantool DB
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| Figure | Aerospike Database | Tarantool DB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Key-Value Databases | 9.1 (#1) | 6.9 (#25) |
| Spec score · In-Memory Databases | 9.1 (#2) | 6.8 (#22) |
| Spec score · Multimodel Databases | 9.1 (#3) | 6.8 (#22) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.5 (#29) | 6.9 (#73) |
| Connectors | Official connectors cover Kafka, Pulsar, JMS, event-stream processing, Elasticsearch, Spark and Trino. | The maker lists Java, Python, and Go APIs for business applications and documents connectors for C, Go, Java, Python, and other languages. |
| Data models | The database supports key-value, document and graph data structures through one core engine. | It supports key-value, table and document schemas, with data stored in RAM and compression optimization. |
| Integrations | Aerospike Connect includes connectors for Elasticsearch, Spark, Kafka, JMS, Pulsar, Trino, and Event Stream Processing, with additional licensing noted for these connectors. | The product page lists integration with Active Directory and LDAP, plus monitoring metric export to Prometheus or Grafana. |
| 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 maker presents Tarantool DB for business systems, including banking, retail, authentication, and other high-load real-time services. |
| Security | Enterprise Edition lists TLS transport encryption, access control lists, Vault integration, and FIPS 140-2 compliance; some security features require additional licensing. | Listed security capabilities include ACID support, role-based access control, an audit log, LDAP integration and TLS encryption for Redis protocol support. |
| Support | Community Edition includes community support, while Enterprise Edition includes enterprise production support and hot patch availability. | The product page offers a product demonstration and consultation by contacting the maker; the site lists [email protected]. |
Plans
Aerospike Database
- Community EditionFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
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Tarantool DB
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