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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. ObjectBox vs. SQream DB vs. TerarkDB vs. Trafodion

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobilea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelWide column storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Time Series DBMS
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Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitecassandra.apache.orgobjectbox.iosqream.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.objectbox.iodocs.sqream.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKctrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookObjectBox LimitedSQream TechnologiesByteDance, originally TerarkApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20082017201720162014
Current release4.1.3, July 20232022.1.6, December 20222.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesnoyes
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 solutionyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
Proprietary native API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions in PythonnoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"nonehorizontal and vertical partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleonline/offline synchronization between client and servernonenoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDnoACID
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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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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