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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Sadas Engine vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Sadas Engine vs. ScyllaDB vs. Sphinx

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSWide column storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.04
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tableswww.sadasengine.comwww.scylladb.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.scylladb.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersMicrosoftSADAS s.r.l.ScyllaDBSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20142012200620152001
Current release5.0.0, May 20248.0ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaC++C++C++
Server operating systemshostedAIX
Linux
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesnoyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
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++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes, Luano
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.noneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic lockingno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectno
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GeoMesaMicrosoft Azure Table StorageSadas EngineScyllaDBSphinx
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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