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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hypertable vs. LevelDB vs. QuestDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­google/­leveldbquestdb.iowww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdquestdb.io/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHypertable Inc.GoogleQuestDB Technology IncYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20092009201120142017
Current release3.10.0, March 20220.9.8.11, March 20161.23, February 20212.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocoldepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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 indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL with time-series extensionsyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJCacheC++ API
Thrift
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Hash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serverselectable replication factor on file system levelnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenonoACID for single-table writesDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyes
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EhcacheHypertableLevelDBQuestDBYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Systems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Apache 2.0 license for the database
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