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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. ArangoDB vs. SQLite vs. Transbase

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Widely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score3.30
Rank#82  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#10  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score103.35
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#355  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgarangodb.comwww.sqlite.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.arangodb.comwww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookArangoDB Inc.Dwayne Richard HippTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release2008201220001987
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20243.11.5, November 20233.46.1  (13 August 2024), August 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoPublic Domaincommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CC and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-lessFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyes infodynamic column typesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
ADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infosince version 2.0none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Cisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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