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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Quasardb vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sequoiadb vs. TimesTen

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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 ScioreDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbquasar.aiwww.scylladb.comwww.sequoiadb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.scylladb.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperAmazonquasardbScyllaDBSequoiadb Ltd.Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20072009201520131998
Current release3.14.1, January 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infointeger and binaryyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyes infowith tagsyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
proprietary protocol using JSONJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
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
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, LuaJavaScriptPL/SQL
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modeyes infoin-memory tablesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users can be defined per objectsimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Amazon SimpleDBQuasardbScyllaDBSequoiadbTimesTen
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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