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ArangoDB

A multi-model database supporting graphs, key-value pairs, and documents in a unified JSON-based data model. Offers both an in-memory storage engine and a RocksDB-based engine for larger datasets.

Details

Vendor
ArangoDB Inc
Type
Multiple
Category
Enterprise
License
BSL-1.1
Query Languages
AQL

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Feature Scores

Community & Business

Active development
Updated within last 3 months
Commercial support
Paid support available
Live community
25-50% of issues addressed
Open Source
Open source license
Pricing
No pricing information
Trendiness

Deployment

Containerization
Docker image available
Work as dedicated instance
Can run as standalone server
Work as embedded
Standalone only
Testing in-memory version
In-memory mode available

Platform

Operating on Linux
Linux officially supported
Operating on Windows
Windows officially supported
SaaS offering
Self-hosted only

Operations

Automatic updates
Manual updates only
Client side caching
No client-side caching
Data versioning support
No versioning
Live backups
Hot backup supported

Distribution

Cluster Re-balancing
Auto-rebalancing supported
Data Distribution
Data sharding supported
High-Availability
HA mechanisms available
Query Distribution
Distributed query execution
Replication support
Replication available

Developer Experience

Data types defined
Composite data types
Logging/Auditing
Event logging supported
Object-Graph Mapper
OGM/ORM available
Reactive programming
No reactive programming
Documentation up-to-date
Docs current with latest version
Binary protocol
Binary protocol available
CLI
Command-line interface
GUI
Visual interface available

Data Model

Multi-database
Multi-model database
Graph-native data
Graph abstraction layer
REST API
REST endpoint available
Query Language
Proprietary query language

Transactions

Granular locking
No granular locking
Multiple isolation levels
Read uncommitted only
Read committed transaction
Not available
Transaction support
ACID transactions

Schema & Security

Constraints
Full constraint support
Schema support
Constraints/triggers only
Secondary indexes
Secondary indexes supported
Server side procedures
Triggers
No triggers
Authentication
Authentication supported
Authorization
Data encryption
Data encryption supported