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DBMS > Apache Cassandra vs. Blazegraph vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. Blazegraph vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. searchxml

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database serviceDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Spatial DBMS
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Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.74
Rank#217  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score24.97
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitecassandra.apache.orgblazegraph.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-dbwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestwiki.blazegraph.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9learn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-dbwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookBlazegraphRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Microsoftinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release20082006199120142015
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20242.1.5, March 20195.71.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
hostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesoptionalyes infoJSON typesyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by defaultyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SPARQL is used as query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesJavaScriptyes infoon the application server
TriggersyesnoyesJavaScriptno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonowith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partitionmultiple readers, single writer
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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Apache CassandraBlazegraphjBASEMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDBsearchxml
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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