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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. EJDB vs. Faircom DB vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Native high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.In-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.23
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.30
Rank#294  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.24
Rank#311  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSoftmotionsFairCom CorporationScyllaDB
Initial release20092012197920142015
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V12, November 2020ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCANSI C, C++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-lessAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresnoyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCachein-process shared libraryADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
JavaScriptFor 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 proceduresnonoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++View functions in JavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Servernoneyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).noneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
noneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenotunable from ACID to Eventually Consistentno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesnoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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EhcacheEJDBFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACELokiJSScyllaDB
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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