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System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. Rockset vs. ScyllaDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. XTDB

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storePlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
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Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.gridgain.comrockset.comwww.scylladb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.rockset.comdocs.scylladb.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.RocksetScyllaDBTeradataJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20072019201520052019
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.1ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++C++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesno infoingestion from XML files supportednoyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
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
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes, LuaR packagesno
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)nononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)yesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.yes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine 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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