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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. Badger vs. Geode vs. STSdb vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document store
RDF store
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Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.14
Rank#328  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#365  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orggithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgergeode.apache.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4terminusdb.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgergeode.apache.org/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDGraph LabsOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.STS Soft SCDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20082017200220112018
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20241.1, February 20174.0.8, September 201511.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC#Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredWindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)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.nononono
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"noneShardingnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneMulti-source replicationnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoyes, on a single nodenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoAccess rights per client and object definablenoRole-based access control
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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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