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System Properties Comparison GBase vs. HBase vs. ScyllaDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeWide column storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.gbase.cnhbase.apache.orgwww.scylladb.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.scylladb.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetScyllaDBDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2004200820152018
Current releaseGBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.3.4, January 2021ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonJavaC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLStandard with numerous extensionsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
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
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes, Luayes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users can be defined per objectRole-based access control
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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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