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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Heroic vs. ScyllaDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitephoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotifyScyllaDB
Initial release20142013200920142015
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.10.0, March 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
GoJavaFor 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 proceduresuser defined functionsnononoyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesnoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynonoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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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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