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DBMS > H2 vs. Hazelcast vs. Sadas Engine vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison H2 vs. Hazelcast vs. Sadas Engine vs. ScyllaDB

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NameH2  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A widely adopted in-memory data gridSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.h2database.comhazelcast.comwww.sadasengine.comwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperThomas MuellerHazelcastSADAS s.r.l.ScyllaDB
Initial release2005200820062015
Current release2.2.220, July 20235.3.6, November 20238.0ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnoyes, Lua
Triggersyesyes infoEventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infoReplicated Mapnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.yesyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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H2HazelcastSadas EngineScyllaDB
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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