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DBMS > GigaSpaces vs. Greenplum vs. ScyllaDB vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Greenplum vs. ScyllaDB vs. SiteWhere

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comgreenplum.orgwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.greenplum.orgdocs.scylladb.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesPivotal Software Inc.ScyllaDBSiteWhere
Initial release2000200520152010
Current release15.5, September 20207.0.0, September 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayes infosince Version 4.2nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
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 proceduresyesyesyes, Lua
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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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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