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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. ScyllaDB vs. searchxml vs. Spark SQL vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. ScyllaDB vs. searchxml vs. Spark SQL vs. Transbase

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSWide column storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.scylladb.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsspark.apache.org/­sqlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.scylladb.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperCCRi and othersScyllaDBinformationpartners gmbhApache Software FoundationTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20142015201520141987
Current release5.0.0, May 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20241.03.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++C++ScalaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)noSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesFor 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++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJava
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Luayes infoon the application servernoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsmultiple readers, single writernoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes infoin-memory tablesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per objectDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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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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