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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Riak TS vs. ScyllaDB vs. SurrealDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  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 storeA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Multivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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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
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.scylladb.comsurrealdb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestdocs.scylladb.comsurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesScyllaDBSurrealDB LtdRocket Software
Initial release20142015201520221985
Current release3.0.0, September 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptErlangC++RustC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesoptional
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
Secondary indexesnorestrictedyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
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)SQL-like query languageyes
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
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
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
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoErlangyes, Luayes
Triggersyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksnoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
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 operationsACIDACID infoconfigurable
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.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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AlaSQLRiak TSScyllaDBSurrealDBUniData,UniVerse
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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