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DBMS > GeoSpock vs. HyperSQL vs. IRONdb vs. ScyllaDB vs. StarRocks

System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. HyperSQL vs. IRONdb vs. ScyllaDB vs. StarRocks

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.14
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Websitegeospock.comhsqldb.orgwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/www.scylladb.comwww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-starteddocs.scylladb.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperGeoSpockCirconus LLC.ScyllaDBThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release2001201720152020
Current release2.0, September 20192.7.2, June 2023V0.10.20, January 2018ScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 20243.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptJavaC and C++C++C++, Java
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexestemporal, categoricalyesnoyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)yesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
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
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLyes, in Luayes, Luauser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingnoneAutomatic, metric affinity per nodeShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
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.noyesnoyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tablefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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GeoSpockHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBIRONdbScyllaDBStarRocks
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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