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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. Badger vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Riak KV

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.14
Rank#328  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score807.76
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score3.84
Rank#76  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitecassandra.apache.orggithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-server
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9learn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDGraph LabsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MicrosoftOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20082017199119892009
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20245.7SQL Server 2022, November 20223.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++Erlang
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptionalyesno
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 indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnoyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) JavaErlang
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"noneShardingtables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneyesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
noneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACIDACIDno
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, using Riak Security
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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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