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Scalable multi-model database for graphs, documents, and key-values
ArangoDB delivers native graph, document, and key-value capabilities with a unified AQL query language, horizontal scalability, high availability, and integrated full-text search for modern data-driven applications.

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Social network feed generation
Fast traversal of user relationships and content ranking using AQL and ArangoSearch to deliver personalized feeds.
Fraud detection in financial transactions
Combine graph patterns of transaction flows with document attributes to identify anomalous cycles in near real-time.
IoT telemetry storage and query
Store time-series key-value metrics alongside device metadata, enabling flexible queries and alerts via Foxx services.
Product recommendation engine
Leverage multi-model data to match user behavior graphs with product catalogs, delivering ranked suggestions through integrated search.
ArangoDB uses AQL (ArangoDB Query Language), a SQL-like language that works across documents, graphs, and key-value collections.
Yes, the Community Edition is free and fully featured for development and many production workloads.
Absolutely—official Docker images are provided; start with `docker run -e ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD=... -p 8529:8529 -d arangodb`.
Data can be sharded across nodes with automatic replication and failover; features like SmartGraphs and OneShard simplify graph clustering.
ArangoDB offers drivers for JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, C#, and many other languages.
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