Pricing and Editions

Apache Ignite Apache Ignite
Open source distributed database

Base capabilities

  • In-memory storage
  • Native persistent storage
  • ANSI SQL
  • Transactions
  • Community support

Pricing: Free

GridGain Community Edition GridGain Community Edition
Hardened platform based on Apache Ignite

Open source Ignite features plus1

  • Continuous queries
  • Advanced caching
  • Data management APIs
  • Standard support available

Pricing: Free

GridGain Enterprise Edition GridGain Enterprise Edition
Enhanced security and reliability

Gridgain Community features plus1

  • RBAC and data encryption
  • Data Center Replication
  • Rolling upgrades
  • Standard support2

Pricing: Contact us

GridGain Ultimate Edition GridGain Ultimate Edition
Maximum resilience and durability

Gridgain Enterprise features plus1

  • Distributed snapshots
  • Point-in-time recovery
  • Premium support

Pricing: Contact us

1 HTAP and AI add-ons are available

2 Premium Support available.

Compare Editions

Storage
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Distributed data store + + + +
Fair data distribution + + +
In-memory storage + + + +
Data expiry and eviction + + +
Native persistent storage + + + +
Third-party persistence + + +
API Capabilities
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
ANSI SQL:2016 + + + +
SQL memory management + + +
NoSQL APIs + + + +
Transactions + + + +
Colocated compute + + + +
MapReduce + + +
Data streaming + + + +
Continuous queries + + +
AI and Analytics
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
GridGain for AI

Vector search, feature store, and RAG

Available Available Available
GridGain for Analytics

Columnar storage, HTAP architecture, data archiving

Available Available Available
GridGain for Lakehouses

Real-time Apache Iceberg data integration

Available Available Available
Integrations
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Apache Kafka + + +
Apache Iceberg + + +
Apache Spark + + + +
Oracle Golden Gate + +
Spring Data + + + +
Reliability
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Rolling upgrade + +
Data center replication + +
Full and incremental snapshots +
Remote backups +
Point-in-time recovery +
Security
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Encryption in-transit

(SSL/TLS)

+ + + +
Encryption at-rest

(Transparent data encryption, TDE)

+ +
Basic authentication + + + +
Authorization and RBAC + +
Dynamic User Management + + +
LDAP/Active Directory integration + +
OpenID integration + +
Observability & Management
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
GridGain Control Center Available Available Available Available
Open telemetry + + + +
JMX + + + +
Support
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Basic Available Available
Basic 24x7 Available Available
Standard Available +
Premium Available +
Deployment Options
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Kubernetes + + + +
Virtual Machines + + + +
Bare metal + + + +
GridGain Cloud (Nebula) + + +
AWS Marketplace + + +
Google Cloud Marketplace + + +
Microsoft Azure Marketplace + + +
Mainframe + +
Clients
Apache Ignite
GridGain Community Edition
GridGain Enterprise Edition
GridGain Ultimate Edition
Java + + + +
Python + + + +
.NET + + + +
C++ + + + +
JDBC + + + +
ODBC + + + +
CLI Tool + + + +
REST API + + + +

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