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DBMS > Blazegraph vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. ScyllaDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Blazegraph vs. PostGIS vs. SAP Advantage Database Server vs. ScyllaDB vs. XTDB

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NameBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLLow-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structuresCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiteblazegraph.compostgis.netwww.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.htmlwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwiki.blazegraph.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.scylladb.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBlazegraphSybase, SAPScyllaDBJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20062005199320152019
Current release2.1.5, March 20193.4.2, February 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageyesyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)limited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Delphi
Perl
PHP
For 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
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesyes, Luano
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configuredyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)yes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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BlazegraphPostGISSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADSScyllaDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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