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System Properties Comparison Cassandra vs. OpenQM vs. Qdrant vs. Raima Database Manager vs. SpatiaLite

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NameCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelWide column storeMultivalue DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Relational DBMS
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Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.28
Rank#167  Overall
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitecassandra.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
raima.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.raima.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsQdrantRaima Inc.Alessandro Furieri
Initial release20081993202119842008
Current release4.1.3, July 20233.4-1215, June 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustCC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyesyes
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.noyesnono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)nonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"yesShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyesCollection-level replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelKey-based authenticationnono
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CassandraOpenQM infoalso called QMQdrantRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSpatiaLite
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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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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