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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. HBase vs. Immudb vs. InfinityDB vs. ScyllaDB

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument storeWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
boilerbay.comwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.immudb.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperSoftmotionsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetCodenotaryBoiler Bay Inc.ScyllaDB
Initial release20122008202020022015
Current release2.3.4, January 20211.2.3, April 20224.0ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-lessLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like syntaxnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaFor 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 proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonoyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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EJDBHBaseImmudbInfinityDBScyllaDB
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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