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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Riak TS vs. ScyllaDB vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Riak TS vs. ScyllaDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#319  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestdocs.scylladb.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesScyllaDBSiteWhere
Initial release2014201520152010
Current release3.0.0, September 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptErlangC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnorestrictedyes infocluster global secondary indicesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, limitedSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
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 proceduresnoErlangyes, Lua
Triggersyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infolinks between datasets can be storednono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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AlaSQLRiak TSScyllaDBSiteWhere
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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