DB-EnginesextremeDB - solve IoT connectivity disruptionsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Amazon DynamoDB vs. Amazon Redshift vs. Apache Cassandra vs. Dolt vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison Amazon DynamoDB vs. Amazon Redshift vs. Apache Cassandra vs. Dolt vs. Typesense

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAmazon DynamoDB  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Redshift  Xexclude from comparisonApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted, scalable database service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudLarge scale data warehouse service for use with business intelligence toolsWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score70.06
Rank#17  Overall
#3  Document stores
#2  Key-value stores
Score15.25
Rank#38  Overall
#23  Relational DBMS
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.93
Rank#194  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#209  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­dynamodbaws.amazon.com/­redshiftcassandra.apache.orggithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
typesense.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­dynamodbdocs.aws.amazon.com/­redshiftcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.dolthub.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperAmazonAmazon (based on PostgreSQL)Apache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDoltHub Inc
Initial release20122012200820182015
Current release5.0-rc1, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree tier for a limited amount of database operationscommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Astra DB: Multi-cloud DBaaS built on Apache Cassandra.
Implementation languageCJavaGoC++
Server operating systemshostedhostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesrestrictedrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infodoes not fully support an SQL-standardSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
CLI Client
HTTP REST
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
ColdFusion
Erlang
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin Pythonnoyes infocurrently in alpha releaseno
Triggersyes infoby integration with AWS Lambdanoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Multi-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)noyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoinformational only, not enforced by the systemnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoACID across one or more tables within a single AWS account and regionACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startup
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon DynamoDBAmazon RedshiftApache CassandraDoltTypesense
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
» more
Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
» more
Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
» more
Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
» more
Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
» more
News

How to Monitor DataStax-Powered RAG Applications with Fiddler
19 September 2024

How Knowledge Graph RAG Boosts LLM Results
18 September 2024

How to Chunk Text in JavaScript for Your RAG Application
18 September 2024

Precision and Efficiency in Domain-Specific Text2SQL Conversion: Introducing Skypoint AI Platform’s SherloQ
11 September 2024

Now in LangChain: Graph Vector Store, a Simple Way to Add Structured Data to RAG Applications
11 September 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesCData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more
CData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more
CData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

Cassandra Forward event: Want to level up your Cassandra game? Watch now replays of the March 2023 sessions.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Amazon DynamoDBAmazon RedshiftApache CassandraDoltTypesense
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloud-based DBMS's popularity grows at high rates
12 December 2019, Paul Andlinger

The popularity of cloud-based DBMSs has increased tenfold in four years
7 February 2017, Matthias Gelbmann

Increased popularity for consuming DBMS services out of the cloud
2 October 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

Cloud-based DBMS's popularity grows at high rates
12 December 2019, Paul Andlinger

The popularity of cloud-based DBMSs has increased tenfold in four years
7 February 2017, Matthias Gelbmann

Increased popularity for consuming DBMS services out of the cloud
2 October 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

How Samsung Cloud optimized Amazon DynamoDB costs | Amazon Web Services
19 September 2024, AWS Blog

Migrating Uber's Ledger Data from DynamoDB to LedgerStore
11 April 2024, Uber

Join the preview of attribute-based access control for Amazon DynamoDB | Amazon Web Services
3 September 2024, AWS Blog

Achieve near real-time analytics on Amazon DynamoDB with SingleStore
16 September 2024, AWS Blog

Faster development with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Q Developer
12 September 2024, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

Amazon Redshift now supports enhanced VPC routing warehouses in zero-ETL integration
16 September 2024, AWS Blog

Amazon Redshift Serverless now supports AWS PrivateLink
30 August 2024, AWS Blog

Amazon Redshift Serverless is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Israel (Tel Aviv) Regions
12 September 2024, AWS Blog

Amazon RDS for MySQL zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift, now generally available, enables near real-time analytics
12 September 2024, AWS Blog

Harness Zero Copy data sharing from Salesforce Data Cloud to Amazon Redshift for Unified Analytics – Part 1
27 August 2024, AWS Blog

provided by Google News

New Apache Cassandra 5.0 gives open source NoSQL database a scalability and performance boost
6 September 2024, VentureBeat

Apache Cassandra introduces version 5.0 of open-source NoSQL database
9 September 2024, Techzine Europe

Migrate Cassandra workloads to Amazon Keyspaces using CQLReplicator
4 September 2024, AWS Blog

Cassandra redesigns indexing, storage management for 5.0 release
10 September 2024, The Register

How Uber ensures Apache Cassandra®’s tolerance for single-zone failure
20 June 2024, Uber

provided by Google News

Dolt, a Relational Database with Git-Like Cloning Features
19 August 2020, The New Stack

Data Versioning at Scale: Chaos and Chaos Management
10 February 2023, InfoQ.com

Top Data Version Control Tools for Machine Learning Research in 2023
24 July 2023, MarkTechPost

25 Hot New Data Tools and What They DON’T Do
14 May 2020, Towards Data Science

Solve your MLOps Problems with an Open Source Data Science Stack
2 June 2021, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

Laravel Scout Adds Typesense, A Lightening-fast Open-source Search
17 January 2024, Laravel News

Building fast, fuzzy site search with Laravel and Typesense
29 July 2024, Laravel News

China win second Challenger round
10 March 2024, Scrum Queens

5 Recipe Search Engines to Cook Based on Time, Budget, & Ingredients - MUO
19 April 2022, MakeUseOf

Spain plans Six Nations alternative
13 July 2017, Scrum Queens

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Present your product here