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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. GridGain vs. HugeGraph vs. MarkLogic vs. Sadas Engine

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
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Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgwww.gridgain.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.marklogic.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.marklogic.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookGridGain Systems, Inc.BaiduMarkLogic Corp.SADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20082007201820012006
Current release4.1.3, July 2023GridGain 8.5.10.911.0, December 20228.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyes
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes infoSQL92yes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)asynchronous Gremlin script jobsyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)noyesno
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 HBaseShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes (replicated cache)yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)via hugegraph-sparkyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes, with Range Indexesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsUsers, roles and permissionsRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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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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