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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. ScyllaDB vs. searchxml

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitealtibase.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.scylladb.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.scylladb.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperAltibaseInterSystemsScyllaDBinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release1999201820152015
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20232023.3, June 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
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
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesyes, Luayes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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AltibaseInterSystems IRISScyllaDBsearchxml
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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ScyllaDB 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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