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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Cassandra vs. Ignite vs. MarkLogic vs. Newts

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
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Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score5.92
Rank#58  Overall
#10  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#6  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financecassandra.apache.orgignite.apache.orgwww.marklogic.comopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.marklogic.comgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperAxibase CorporationApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookApache Software FoundationMarkLogic Corp.OpenNMS Group
Initial release20132008201520012014
Current release155854.1.3, July 2023Apache Ignite 2.611.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++, Java, .NetC++Java
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyes infoSQL92no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes (replicated cache)yesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionno
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.noyesyes, with Range Indexesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsno
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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 metricsCassandra 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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