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DBMS > EXASOL vs. mSQL vs. ScyllaDB vs. TerarkDB vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. mSQL vs. ScyllaDB vs. TerarkDB vs. Transbase

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.scylladb.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperExasolHughes TechnologiesScyllaDBByteDance, originally TerarkTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20001994201520161987
Current release4.4, October 2021ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
C++ API
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
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
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes, Luanoyes
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoin-memory tablesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EXASOLmSQL infoMini SQLScyllaDBTerarkDBTransbase
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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