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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Cassandra vs. Faircom DB vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.A drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.20
Rank#318  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
#141  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitecachelot.iocassandra.apache.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.postgresql.fastware.comwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookFairCom CorporationPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyPercona
Initial release2015200819792015
Current release4.1.3, July 2023V12, November 2020Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20223.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaANSI C, C++CC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++user defined functionsJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"File partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningpartitioning by range, list and by hashSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Source-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationstunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles
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Cachelot.ioCassandraFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACEFujitsu Enterprise PostgresPercona Server for MongoDB
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Built-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Transactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Over 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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Core based licensing
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