Comparison

Aerospike vs RethinkDB

No clear leader: Aerospike (39.0) and RethinkDB (38.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Aerospike39
RethinkDB39
Score
Vioscale score
Aerospike39 / 100medium · 60%
RethinkDB39 / 100medium · 57%
Pricing
Free tier
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Model
Aerospikecommercial
RethinkDBopen_source
Price level
Aerospikeunknown
RethinkDBfree
Transparent
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Integrations
Count
Aerospike10
RethinkDB4
Reliability
Status page
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Aerospike0
RethinkDB1,283
Github stars
Aerospike1,375
RethinkDB26,994
Package downloads weekly
Aerospike28,009
RethinkDB16,422
Activity
Commits last 30d
Aerospike2
RethinkDB0
Release
Cadence days
Aerospike
RethinkDB25
History
Aerospike20 items
RethinkDB20 items
License
Spdx
AerospikeApache-2.0
RethinkDB
Language
Primary
AerospikeC
RethinkDBC++

Capabilities

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

Core
Data model
Aerospike-
RethinkDBDocument
Query
Query language
Aerospike-
RethinkDB-
Consistency
Consistency
Aerospike-
RethinkDB-
Transactions
Transactions
AerospikeMulti-item ACID
RethinkDB-
Indexing
Secondary indexes
Aerospike-
RethinkDBYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
Aerospike-
RethinkDB-
Multi-region
Aerospike
RethinkDB-
Replication
Replication topology
Aerospike-
RethinkDBPrimary-secondary
Deployment
Hosting
AerospikeCloud + self-hosted
RethinkDBSelf-hosted only
Schema
Schema
Aerospike-
RethinkDBSchemaless
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
Aerospike-
RethinkDB-
Change streams / CDC
Aerospike-
RethinkDB
Vector / search built-in
Aerospike-
RethinkDB-
Licensing
Licence class
Aerospike-
RethinkDBPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Aerospike

Aerospike is a high-speed, distributed NoSQL database optimized for applications requiring minimal latency and global scalability. It supports cross-region replication, atomic multi-item transactions, and integrates with popular data processing frameworks like Spark and Trino.

Independently observed

RethinkDB

An open-source NoSQL database built on a distributed architecture that eliminates polling by pushing fresh data to applications automatically. It stores flexible JSON documents and is designed to simplify building applications that display live information to users.

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

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

RethinkDB

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Aerospike
RethinkDB
macOS
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Windows
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Linux
Aerospike
RethinkDB
CLI
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Aerospike
RethinkDB
Self-hosted
Aerospike
RethinkDB

Integrations

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

Aerospike

11 total
  • Spark
  • Trino
  • Kafka
  • JMS
  • Pulsar
  • Java
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • Go
  • Node.js
Independently observed

RethinkDB

4 total
  • Elasticsearch
  • RabbitMQ
  • Rails
  • PubNub
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.