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DBMS > Apache Cassandra vs. Blazegraph vs. jBASE vs. Qdrant vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. Blazegraph vs. jBASE vs. Qdrant vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  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 middlewareA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
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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
Score1.53
Rank#145  Overall
#7  Vector DBMS
Score3.50
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgblazegraph.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestwiki.blazegraph.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9qdrant.tech/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookBlazegraphRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)QdrantSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20082006199120211992
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20242.1.5, March 20195.717, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaRust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesoptionalNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SPARQL is used as query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoyes
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
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
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
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesyesCollection-level replicationSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
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
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDACID
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.noyesyesyes
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 levelKey-based authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache CassandraBlazegraphjBASEQdrantSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
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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