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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. atoti vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonatoti  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn in-memory DBMS combining transactional and analytical processing to handle the aggregation of ever-changing data.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score102.58
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.46
Rank#248  Overall
#11  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#188  Overall
#31  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgatoti.iosurrealdb.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.atoti.iosurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookActiveViamSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20082022
Current release5.0-rc1, July 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infofree versions availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaRust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solution
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPython
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding, horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rules
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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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