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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache Cassandra vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. CrateDB vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache Cassandra vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. CrateDB vs. Newts

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksDistributed Database based on LuceneTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelSearch engineWide column storeDocument store
Key-value store
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#133  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.69
Rank#226  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#11  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchcassandra.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorycratedb.comopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestcratedb.com/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookAtos Convergence CreatorsCrateOpenNMS Group
Initial release20122008201620132014
Current release5.0-rc1, July 202417035.8.1, August 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
LDAPADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages with LDAP bindings.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononouser defined functions (Javascript)no
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infocell divisionShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectLDAP bind authenticationrights management via user accountsno
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Amazon CloudSearchApache CassandraAtos Standard Common RepositoryCrateDBNewts
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 metricsApache Cassandra 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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