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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Hyprcubd vs. Ingres vs. ScyllaDB vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Hyprcubd vs. Ingres vs. ScyllaDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryServerless Time Series DBMSWell established RDBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orghyprcubd.com (offline)www.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHyprcubd, Inc.Actian CorporationScyllaDBAlex Kashirin
Initial release20141974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20152020
Current release11.2, May 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20240.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoCC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyesyes
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC (https).NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptFor 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
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes, Luano
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneIngres Replicatorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesnonoyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnotoken accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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AlaSQLHyprcubdIngresScyllaDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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