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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Immudb vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sphinx

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.In-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument storeWide column storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.immudb.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftmotionsCodenotaryScyllaDBSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20122020201420152001
Current release1.2.3, April 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCGoJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-lessBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyesno
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like syntaxnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared librarygRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
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
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptyes, Luano
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectno
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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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