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System Properties Comparison Coveo vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Greenplum vs. InfinityDB vs. Spark SQL

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NameCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelSearch engineWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.coveo.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegreenplum.orgboilerbay.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdocs.coveo.comdocs.datastax.comdocs.greenplum.orgboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperCoveoDataStaxPivotal Software Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20122011200520022014
Current release6.8, April 20207.0.0, September 20234.03.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScala
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationschema-freeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaJava
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesnono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardingnoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlgranular access controls, API key management, content filtersAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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CoveoDatastax EnterpriseGreenplumInfinityDBSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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