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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Cachelot.io vs. Databricks vs. Lovefield vs. Stardog

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreIn-memory caching systemThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.89
Rank#128  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.93
Rank#121  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbcachelot.iowww.databricks.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.databricks.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAmazonDatabricksGoogleStardog-Union
Initial release20072015201320142010
Current release2.1.12, February 20177.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonowith Databricks SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIMemcached protocolJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions and aggregatesnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyesnoneMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)nonoAccess rights for users and roles
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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