Apache Ignite
Distributed database for mission-critical high-velocity applications that require in-memory performance
- Also known as
- apache-ignite
What is Apache Ignite?
Apache Ignite is a distributed database built memory-first with MVCC and distributed replication, delivering in-memory performance at scale across memory and disk without sacrificing consistency.
Apache Ignite pricing
We don't have Apache Ignite's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Apache Ignite does
The capabilities that matter for key-value stores, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Storage tier
- In-memory
- Persistence
- Fully durable
- Data structures
- Rich types
- Wire protocol
- Custom
- Clustering
- Sharded
- Consistency
- Strong
- Eviction / TTL policies
- -
- Multi-threaded
- ✓
- Pub/Sub / streams
- ✓
- Transactions / atomic ops
- MULTI-EXEC
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
- Redis API compatibility
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Apache Ignite alternatives
Other key-value stores we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- MemcachedFree & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching systemlow · 11%
- RedisServe your agents fresh data at Redis speedlow · 39%
- RocksDBA persistent key-value store for fast storage environmentslow · 17%
- DragonflyDBAn In-Memory Data Store without Limitslow · 36%
- UpstashServerless Data Platform for Redis, Vector, QStash, Workflow, Boxmedium · 63%
- RedisServe your agents fresh data at Redis speedmedium · 55%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Apache Ignite, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 62 | 20.00 | 1236.5 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 17.00 | 778.9 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 70 | 7.00 | 489.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 6.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 20.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 91 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 5,074 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"clustering":"sharded","deployment":"self_hosted","consistency":"strong","persistence":"durable","storage_tier":"in_memory","transactions":"multi_exec","licence_class":"permissive","wire_protocol":"custom","multi_threaded":true,"pubsub_streams":true,"data_structures":"rich_types"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 95% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |