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DBMS > Firebolt vs. ScyllaDB vs. TempoIQ vs. TerminusDB vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison Firebolt vs. ScyllaDB vs. TempoIQ vs. TerminusDB vs. VoltDB

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NameFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeDocument store
RDF store
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Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.firebolt.iowww.scylladb.comtempoiq.com (offline)terminusdb.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iodocs.scylladb.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.voltdb.com
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.ScyllaDBTempoIQDataChemist Ltd.VoltDB Inc.
Initial release20202015201220182010
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 202411.0.0, January 202311.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++Prolog, RustJava, C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)noSQL-like query language (WOQL)yes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methods.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
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
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, LuanoyesJava
Triggersnonoyes infoRealtime Alertsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleJournaling StreamsMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnoACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectsimple authentication-based access controlRole-based access controlUsers and roles with access to stored procedures
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FireboltScyllaDBTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistVoltDB
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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