Aerospike Database
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What both publish
| Fact | Aerospike Database | TiKV |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2016 |
| Integrations | Aerospike Connect includes connectors for Elasticsearch, Spark, Kafka, JMS, Pulsar, Trino, and Event Stream Processing, with additional licensing noted for these connectors. | The maker lists TiDB, Zetta, Tidis, Titan, and JuiceFS among systems built with or using TiKV. |
| Replication | Cross-Datacenter Replication provides asynchronous active-active replication between clusters, while synchronous active-active supports strongly consistent global transactions. | TiKV uses Raft groups to replicate data across nodes for fault tolerance and supports horizontal scaling and rebalancing. |
| Security | Enterprise Edition lists TLS transport encryption, access control lists, Vault integration, and FIPS 140-2 compliance; some security features require additional licensing. | TiKV documentation describes TLS for network connections and configurable encryption at rest, including AES methods. |
Aerospike Database plans
- Community EditionFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
TiKV plans
- TiKV open-source softwareFree
Pick Aerospike Database if…
It may suit teams building large-scale transaction systems or data pipelines that need multiple data models and replication options. The Enterprise Edition is described for mission-critical workloads, including machine learning and generative and agentic AI workloads.
Pick TiKV if…
TiKV is suited to developers and infrastructure teams building distributed storage for transactional or raw key-value workloads. Its self-hosted model and API choices are relevant to teams that manage their own deployment.