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DBMS > Apache Cassandra vs. FeatureBase vs. Riak TS vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. FeatureBase vs. Riak TS vs. TDengine

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Riak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#296  Overall
#134  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#107  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.featurebase.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release2008201720152019
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20242022, May 20223.0.0, September 20223.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoErlangC
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionnorestrictedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL queriesyes, limitedStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoErlangno
Triggersyesnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infolinks between datasets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache CassandraFeatureBaseRiak TSTDengine
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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TDengine™ is a time-series database designed to help traditional industries overcome...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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High Performance at Any Scale: With its distributed scalable architecture that grows...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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TDengine is purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and particularly...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 23,000 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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TDengine OSS is free, open-source software released under the AGPLv3. TDengine Enterprise...
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