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System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.In-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSDocument storeWide column storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.iogreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.ScyllaDBSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20152005201420152013
Current release7.0.0, September 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
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
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesView functions in JavaScriptyes, LuaJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectsimple password-based access control
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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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