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System Properties Comparison Amazon DynamoDB vs. Apache Cassandra vs. Apache Doris vs. GridGain vs. RDF4J

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NameAmazon DynamoDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted, scalable database service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Wide column storeRelational DBMSColumnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
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Score70.06
Rank#17  Overall
#3  Document stores
#2  Key-value stores
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.61
Rank#235  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#150  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.72
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­dynamodbcassandra.apache.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
www.gridgain.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­dynamodbcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikiwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperAmazonApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduGridGain Systems, Inc.Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20122008201720072004
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20241.2.2, February 2023GridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree tier for a limited amount of database operationsOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial, open sourceOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLJava
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemas
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBC
MySQL client
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languages.Net
ColdFusion
Erlang
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes
Triggersyes infoby integration with AWS Lambdayesnoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"horizontal partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneyes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)yesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
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 regionno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
no
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Amazon DynamoDBApache CassandraApache DorisGridGainRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
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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