Comparison

Aerospike vs ArangoDB

On the evidence we track, ArangoDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 51/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Aerospike41
★ArangoDB51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Aerospike41 / 100medium · 62%
ArangoDB51 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✓
Model
Aerospikefree
ArangoDBfreemium
Price level
Aerospikefree
ArangoDBlow
Transparent
Aerospike✗
ArangoDB✗
Integrations
Count
Aerospike10
ArangoDB–
Reliability
Status page
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Aerospike0
ArangoDB0
Github stars
Aerospike1,383
ArangoDB14,278
Package downloads weekly
Aerospike22,549
ArangoDB–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Aerospike1
ArangoDB100
Release
History
Aerospike20 items
ArangoDB–
License
Spdx
AerospikeApache-2.0
ArangoDB–
Language
Primary
AerospikeC
ArangoDBC++
Market
Availability
Aerospike–
Content
Faq
Aerospike6 items
ArangoDB3 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for nosql databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Data model
Aerospike-
ArangoDBMulti-model
Query
Query language
Aerospike-
ArangoDB-
Consistency
Consistency
AerospikeStrong
ArangoDB-
Transactions
Transactions
AerospikeMulti-item ACID
ArangoDBMulti-item ACID
Indexing
Secondary indexes
Aerospike-
ArangoDBYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
Aerospike-
ArangoDBAutomatic
Multi-region
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✓
Replication
Replication topology
Aerospike-
ArangoDBPrimary-secondary
Deployment
Hosting
AerospikeCloud + self-hosted
ArangoDBCloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema
Aerospike-
ArangoDBOptional schema
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
Aerospike-
ArangoDB-
Change streams / CDC
Aerospike-
ArangoDB-
Vector / search built-in
Aerospike-
ArangoDB✓
Licensing
Licence class
Aerospike-
ArangoDBSource-available (SSPL/BSL)

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Aerospike

An in-memory NoSQL database designed to handle millions of concurrent transactions with configurable consistency modes and ACID support. Supports direct integration with AI coding agents and offers both managed cloud and self-hosted deployment.

Independently observed

ArangoDB

Leader

A native multi-model database that supports documents, graphs, and key-value data with integrated search capabilities. Runs on-premise or in the cloud with flexible data modeling, SQL-like querying, and support for distributed deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Aerospike

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

ArangoDB

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free Community Edition for non-commercial use (100GB limit). Enterprise Edition available via contact sales.

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Aerospike✗
ArangoDB✓
macOS
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✗
Windows
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✗
Linux
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✗
CLI
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✓
Self-hosted
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✗
On-premise
Aerospike✗
ArangoDB✓
Hybrid
Aerospike✓
ArangoDB✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Aerospike

14 total
  • Spark
  • Trino
  • Kafka
  • JMS
  • Pulsar
  • Java
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • Go
  • Node.js
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • LangGraph
Independently observed

ArangoDB

Leader

Not documented yet.

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Aerospike or ArangoDB: which one depends on you

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