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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. AlaSQL vs. CockroachDB vs. NSDb vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseJavaScript DBMS libraryCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score5.78
Rank#61  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websiteaerospike.comalasql.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comnsdb.iowww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.scylladb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCockroach LabsScyllaDB
Initial release20122014201520172015
Current release7.0, November 202323.1.1, May 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptGoJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
JavaScript APIJDBCgRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Java
Scala
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith Luanononoyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlynoRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafAlaSQLCockroachDBNSDbScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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