GD

Gaël D.

Président

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/18/2018

"Easy to learn, quick, but young"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

Graph database, AQL which is SQL friendly and KV storage + Document storage + Graph storage in only one solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Setup production cluster outside (DC/OS) is not easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AV

Alan V.

Software and Web Developer

Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/18/2017

"An easy way to do complex things"

5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

Document and Graph database at the same time;

It's easy to query the database with AQL; Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Not a big issue, but I think database should keep the connection open like other databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arango:

If you coming from another document database, just give it a try. The learning curve is minimal compared to other graph databases.

AQL will help you with complex queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?

We create an Open Source application called Globomap with an ability to map all our infrastructure and cloud resources, and correlate with each other. So, we can find any resource, no matter the starting point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AJ

Andreas J.

Fellow of the Python Software Foundation

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/13/2017

"Multi-purpose "NoSQL" database of my choice"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

ArangoDB provides a robust and feature-rich database implementation when you need a document store combined with a graph database. The ability to store documents and model arbitrary relations between documents using a graph is a key feature and often needed when your data model is not only flat or hierarchical but just connected in many different way. The query language AQL allows us to write queries similar to SQL. This is a major advantages over databases mis-using JSON as query language.

Transactional integrity, ACID compliance are also a big plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Not many issues with the current Arango 3 release. Older release had various issues like non-persistence of indexes but the ArangoDB team addressed most issues in the latest releases which where blocking development and production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arango:

ArangoDB is absolutely worth a try. Of course there are often more specialized databases serving a particular usecase like time-series data etc. I value and promote ArangoDB because it solves a lot of problems with a clear design in mind and particular because the ArangoDB team knows exactly what they are doing. There is not much marketing buzz involved in ArangoDB and the personal and warm relationship with the ArangoDB team make me feel very comfortable when working on database-driven projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?

ArangoDB is a multi-purpose database for most of your business cases like content-management, arbitrary web applications. It is in many a serious alternative to Postgres. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

OB

Olivier B.

ArangoDB / JS / RoR / mongoDB / Redis / PHP / SQL

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/5/2017

"A very powerful database to build scalable apps"

5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

Foxx

With Foxx you can create Restful API directly in the heart of the database. You save HTTP requests and it's very fast. You API will scale with your cluster.

You can even run scripts in background using queues (for email sending by example)

Graph

You can create graph and use them very easily.

AQL

The AQL language is very easy to understand. The learning curve is short.

JOINS

In one request you can get the data you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Nothing for now. I can do anything I want with this database.

I didn't test yet the rocksdb storage ... So I can't tell about performances using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arango:

It worth to play with it ... Once get confortable with Foxx, AQL 1 Graph you won't go back Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can create app faster, I even wrote a tool to simplify my life : https://foxx-framework.com

I now use full JS stack from frontend (vueJS, riotJS) to backend (Foxx)

The graph feature saved me some intensive CPU for manipulating trees.

It's very easy to start a new project using this database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/11/2018

"Great features and support"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

The ability to have a document store with joins and graph connections with cluster support is amazing. The Foxx framework makes a very convenient way to embed logic into the database and provide a clean interface for any REST interface. Web interface is really nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Often find queries that are really slow - but usually just an index issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Austin M.

Senior Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/25/2017

"Very Friendly Multi-Model Database"

5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

ArangoDB is a very intuitive, developer friendly, multi-model database. It has excellent graph features allowing it to be used as a single data source for a variety of client applications. I like the new velocypack and velocstream protocol as it allows a full-duplex, persistent connection from the client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Nothing really. I haven't had a change to play with some of the newest (rocksdb, smart graphs) or distributive features (clustering and agency), but if they are like the rest of the platform, I'm sure they are top notch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rudy S.

Expert IT Infrastructure Designer – MAM & Provisiong Engine Online

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/6/2017

"Why I chose ArangoDB"

5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

Before I decided to take ArangoDB as the DB for our project I did a lot of comparing the different players on the market.

What struck me the most was the ease to get going with ArangoDB, both in installing and using it from our application which is entirely written in PowerShell. Manipulating the data using REST and AQL is just a dream come true. I really adore AQL.

Getting the other team members up to speed almost took no effort at all. The documentation is more than sufficient and yes, the training material could use some improvement compared to that other big name in NoSQL land, but I really did not miss it at all.

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What do you dislike about Arango?

The fact that Windows Server is not really considered as a production platform for ArangoDB is sad. Given the nature of our application, it has to be written on Windows and we (our team) only works on Windows servers.

For our project database size and numbers of connections are of less importance than the complexity of the application and the data models. A topic to be discussed with the ArangoDB staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arango:

Building a complete environment on their personal workstation by each and every developer of the team proved to be a very efficient way to get up to speed extremely fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our application is used by 100+ local IT teams to provision and manage everything related to Office 365 for their local user population.

This approach allows us to enforce a common way of working, adhering to the common business rules while allowing a maximum of flexibility and autonomy for each of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jacob F.

Sr. Android Engineer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/7/2017

"ArangoDB is my database for everything"

5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

AQL! Literally the easiest and easiest to understand query language I've used as of yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Nothing yet. ArangoDB seems to keep saying yes to everything I want to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Arango:

Go for it, you won't go back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?

The primary product I use ArangoDB for (vlllage.com) was suffering from sluggishness due to unoptimized querying on Google's App Engine, it was getting to the point where a single page load could take up to 30 seconds and I had to do something about it, so I looked around and decided to try ArangoDB. Could not be happier! Page loads are insanely snappy, and the setup was actually quite easy.

They also have a very nice admin interface. The primary query of the app (geo-locate + join relations + filter + sort by distance) needs zero workarounds. I now use ArangoDB for all new projects going forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Layth Z.

Technology Expert

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/28/2017

"Worth testing"

3/5

What do you like best about Arango?

Graph analysis is very easy, the database helps a lot in connecting different entities rather than bringing them to Spark then try to find those connections, which gives a lot of flexibility and speed boost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

No ANSI SQL support, I was hopping for SQL support, that was a disappointing thing to learn a new language. We use CQL at the moment, Spark SQL, and SQL on MySQL, now we have to adapt to AQL which is an unnecessary overhead in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Chris R.

Web Application Developer

Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/23/2017

"Exceeded Expectations"

5/5

What do you like best about Arango?

The query language, AQL, of course! I often found myself doing things in AQL that I would have before used a programming language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Arango?

Because it is young, there is less community support and fewer third-party packages available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?

About the Project:

Meta-Research Engine is a software system with the purpose of facilitating the mass encoding of scientific research studies. Define a research project, upload a set of papers under the domain of interest, and invite encoders to collaborate in extracting their information. At the end of a project, you are left with a reliable data set encompassing the contents of many research papers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.