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System Properties Comparison CouchDB vs. openGemini vs. PouchDB vs. Quasardb vs. ScyllaDB

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NameCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.An open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilityJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extensionKey-value store
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Score9.30
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score0.01
Rank#375  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitecouchdb.apache.orgwww.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
pouchdb.comquasar.aiwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledocs.opengemini.org/­guidepouchdb.com/­guidesdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerHuawei and openGemini communityApache Software FoundationquasardbScyllaDB
Initial release20052022201220092015
Current release3.3.3, December 20231.1, July 20237.1.1, June 20193.14.1, January 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageErlangGoJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringnoyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyes infovia viewsyes infowith tagsyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP RESTHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes, Lua
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0ShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyeswith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single document possiblenonoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient modeyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAdministrators and common users accountsnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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CouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"openGeminiPouchDBQuasardbScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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