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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Cassandra vs. Databend vs. HugeGraph vs. Solr

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.34
Rank#283  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgcassandra.apache.orggithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
github.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
solr.apache.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.databend.comhugegraph.apache.org/­docssolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDatabend LabsBaiduApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142008202120182006
Current release4.1.3, July 20231.0.59, April 20230.99.6.1, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaRustJavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Unix
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fields
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typing
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesnoSolr Parallel SQL Interface
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
CLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Groovy
Java
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsJava plugins
Triggersyesyesnonoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"noneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnovia hugegraph-sparkspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduce
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyesACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesUsers, roles and permissionsyes
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Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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