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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. DataFS vs. Dgraph vs. Ehcache vs. MarkLogic

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL database
Primary database modelWide column storeObject oriented DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Graph DBMS
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Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.92
Rank#58  Overall
#10  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#6  Search engines
Websitecassandra.apache.orgnewdatabase.comdgraph.iowww.ehcache.orgwww.marklogic.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdgraph.io/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.marklogic.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookMobiland AGDgraph Labs, Inc.Terracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMarkLogic Corp.
Initial release20082018201620092001
Current release4.1.3, July 20231.1.263, October 20223.10.0, March 202211.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial inforestricted free version is available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)nononoyes infoSQL92
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JCacheJava API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infovia XQuery or JavaScript
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Proprietary Sharding systemyesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSynchronous replication via Raftyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobs
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes, with Range Indexes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectWindows-Profileno infoPlanned for future releasesnoRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levels
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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 metricsCassandra 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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