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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. IBM Cloudant vs. ReductStore vs. YugabyteDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.High-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
www.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantwww.reduct.store/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperCognitectIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014ReductStore LLCYugabyte Inc.
Initial release2012201020232017
Current release1.0.7075, December 20231.9, March 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureErlangC++, RustC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP APIJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Based on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes
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DatomicIBM CloudantReductStoreYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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