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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. Immudb vs. PouchDB vs. Stardog vs. TinkerGraph

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelWide column storeKey-value storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Relational DBMS
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Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
pouchdb.comwww.stardog.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.immudb.iopouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookCodenotaryApache Software FoundationStardog-Union
Initial release20082020201220102009
Current release4.1.3, July 20231.2.3, April 20227.1.1, June 20197.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentsOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptJavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infovia viewsyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like syntaxnoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serverno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javano
Triggersyesnoyesyes infovia event handlersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replication in HA-Clusternone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
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 in HA-Clusternone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoAccess rights for users and rolesno
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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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