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DBMS > Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. TinkerGraph

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storePlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Key-value store
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Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperHazelcastScyllaDBTeradata
Initial release20082014201520052009
Current release5.3.6, November 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-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 dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonoyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesno
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptFor 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
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesView functions in JavaScriptyes, LuaR packagesno
Triggersyes infoEventsyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated Mapnoneselectable 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.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoin-memory tablesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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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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