Comparison

Hazelcast vs Riak KV

On the evidence we track, Hazelcast leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Hazelcast61
Riak KV32
Score
vioscaleAI score
Hazelcast61 / 100medium · 56%
Riak KV32 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Hazelcast–
Riak KV✓
Model
Hazelcastcommercial
Riak KVcommercial
Price level
Hazelcastunknown
Riak KVlow
Transparent
Hazelcast✗
Riak KV–
Integrations
Count
Hazelcast6
Riak KV4
Reliability
Status page
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Hazelcast10,433
Riak KV–
Github stars
Hazelcast6,620
Riak KV18
Package downloads weekly
Hazelcast3,112
Riak KV–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Hazelcast80
Riak KV0
Release
Cadence days
Hazelcast15
Riak KV–
History
Hazelcast20 items
Riak KV–
License
Spdx
HazelcastApache-2.0
Riak KVApache-2.0
Language
Primary
HazelcastJava
Riak KVErlang
Content
Faq
Hazelcast5 items
Riak KV5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for key-value stores. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Storage
Storage tier
HazelcastIn-memory
Riak KVPersistent
Persistence
HazelcastFully durable
Riak KV-
Data structures
HazelcastKV-only
Riak KVKV-only
Protocol
Wire protocol
HazelcastCustom
Riak KV-
Distribution
Clustering
HazelcastReplicated
Riak KVSharded
Consistency
HazelcastStrong
Riak KVTunable
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV✓
Multi-threaded
Hazelcast-
Riak KV-
Pub/Sub / streams
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV-
Transactions / atomic ops
Hazelcast-
Riak KV-
Deployment
Deployment
HazelcastSelf-hosted
Riak KVSelf-hosted
Licensing
Licence class
Hazelcast-
Riak KV-
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
Hazelcast-
Riak KV-

What each one is

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

Hazelcast

Leader

A distributed, in-memory computing platform that combines caching, stream processing, and data integration to enable real-time applications with low-latency data access and instant decision-making.

Independently observed

Riak KV

A scalable, enterprise-focused database solution designed for distributed data storage and retrieval at scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Hazelcast

Leader
Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Riak KV

Free tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV–
CLI
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV✓
Self-hosted
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV✓
Hybrid
Hazelcast✓
Riak KV✗

Integrations

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

Hazelcast

Leader
10 total
  • Spring Integration
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • Hadoop
  • S3
  • RDBMS
  • JMS
  • Oracle Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • JDBC
Independently observed

Riak KV

4 total
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Mesos
  • Redis
Independently observed
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