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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Hazelcast vs. NuoDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  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 ScioreA widely adopted in-memory data gridNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbhazelcast.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdoc.nuodb.comdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAmazonHazelcastDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.PerconaScyllaDB
Initial release20072008201320152015
Current release5.3.6, November 20233.4.10-2.10, November 2017ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSONProprietary 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
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
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 proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesJava, SQLJavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersnoyes infoEventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoReplicated Mapyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACID infotunable commit protocolnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tableyes infovia In-Memory Engineyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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Amazon SimpleDBHazelcastNuoDBPercona Server for MongoDBScyllaDB
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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