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DBMS > GBase vs. GeoMesa vs. Ignite vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison GBase vs. GeoMesa vs. Ignite vs. ScyllaDB

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn analytical database for business intelligence with large customers in China.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.04
Rank#190  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.64
Rank#89  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#48  Relational DBMS
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.gbase.cnwww.geomesa.orgignite.apache.orgwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperCCRi and othersApache Software FoundationScyllaDB
Initial release201420152015
Current releaseGBase 8a4.0.5, February 2024Apache Ignite 2.6ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++, Java, .NetC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
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 proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes, Lua
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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GBaseGeoMesaIgniteScyllaDB
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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