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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. Axibase vs. DataFS vs. HEAVY.AI vs. SiriDB

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwareOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Graph DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.21
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#153  Overall
#71  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financenewdatabase.comgithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
siridb.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.heavy.aidocs.siridb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookAxibase CorporationMobiland AGHEAVY.AI, Inc.Cesbit
Initial release20082013201820162017
Current release5.0-rc1, July 2024155851.1.263, October 20225.10, January 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++ and CUDAC
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxWindowsLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyes infoNumeric data
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query languagenoyesno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingProprietary Sharding systemSharding infoRound robinSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts
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Apache CassandraAxibaseDataFSHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022SiriDB
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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