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System Properties Comparison HugeGraph vs. Informix vs. OrientDB vs. ScyllaDB

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NameHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.ibm.com/­products/­informixorientdb.orgwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docsinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
www.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperBaiduIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPScyllaDB
Initial release2018198420102015
Current release0.914.10.FC5, November 20203.2.29, March 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++ and JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyesJava, Javascriptyes, Lua
TriggersnoyesHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparknono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphyesyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
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.yesyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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HugeGraphInformixOrientDBScyllaDB
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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