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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Dgraph vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. NSDb vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Dgraph vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. NSDb vs. ScyllaDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltdgraph.iowww.hawkular.orgnsdb.iowww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidensdb.io/­Architecturedocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Community supported by Red HatScyllaDB
Initial release20132016201420172015
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoJavaJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP RESTgRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
Java
Scala
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infobased on CassandraShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnonono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesnoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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BoltDBDgraphHawkular MetricsNSDbScyllaDB
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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