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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. LMDB vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. ScyllaDB

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
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Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.lmdb.tech/­docgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperExasolSymasGoogleMicrosoftScyllaDB
Initial release20002011201419892015
Current release0.9.32, January 20242.1.12, February 2017SQL Server 2022, November 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
JavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
For 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 proceduresuser defined functionsnonoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes, Lua
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDByesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
EXASOLLMDBLovefieldMicrosoft SQL ServerScyllaDB
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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