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System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB

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NameBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitebangdb.comhsqldb.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperSachin Sinha, BangDBScyllaDB
Initial release2012200120142015
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 20212.7.2, June 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++JavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesnoyes
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 indexesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL like support with command line toolyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScriptFor 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 proceduresnoJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)nonenoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, run db with in-memory only modeyesyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlyes (enterprise version only)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
BangdbHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBLokiJSScyllaDB
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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