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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. GreptimeDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Websitecassandra.apache.orggreptime.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.greptime.comhugegraph.apache.org/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookGreptime Inc.BaiduMicrosoft
Initial release2008202220182015
Current release4.1.3, July 20230.9V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaRustJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 solutionyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesnono
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Groovy
Java
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonasynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnovia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSimple rights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionsyes infousing Azure authentication
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CassandraGreptimeDBHugeGraphMicrosoft Azure AI Search
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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