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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. EJDB vs. HugeGraph vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  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 ScioreEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeGraph DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAmazonSoftmotionsBaiduScyllaDB
Initial release2007201220182015
Current release0.9ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedserver-lessLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIin-process shared libraryJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyes, Lua
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonovia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
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.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Amazon SimpleDBEJDBHugeGraphScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB 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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