DBMS > InfinityDB vs. OrientDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. SQLite vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. OrientDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. SQLite vs. VictoriaMetrics

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Name

Description

A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store

Widely used embeddable, in-process RDBMS

A fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution

Primary database model

Key-value store

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Wide column store

Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Secondary database models

Key-value store

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Score	0.08
Rank	#365	Overall
	#55	Key-value stores

Score	3.25
Rank	#89	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#6	Graph DBMS
	#13	Key-value stores

Score	4.08
Rank	#76	Overall
	#5	Wide column stores

Score	111.41
Rank	#10	Overall
	#7	Relational DBMS

Score	1.23
Rank	#172	Overall
	#15	Time Series DBMS

Website

Technical documentation

boilerbay.com/infinitydb/manual

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

docs.scylladb.com

www.sqlite.org/docs.html

docs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki

Developer

Boiler Bay Inc.

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

ScyllaDB

Dwayne Richard Hipp

VictoriaMetrics

Initial release

2002

2010

2015

2000

2018

Current release

4.0

3.2.29, March 2024

ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024

3.46.0 (23 May 2024), May 2024

v1.91, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Apache version 2

Open Source

Open Source (AGPL), commercial license available

Open Source

Public Domain

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Linux

server-less

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD

Data scheme

yes

nested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical â€˜tuple spaceâ€™ runtime Schema upgrade

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

schema-free

yes

dynamic column types

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

all Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays

yes

not rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

manual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability

yes

cluster global secondary indices

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)

yes

SQL-92 is not fully supported

APIs and other access methods

Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/docs/ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Proprietary protocol (CQL)

compatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift

ADO.NET

inofficial driver
JDBC

inofficial driver
ODBC

inofficial driver

Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write

Supported programming languages

Java

.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

Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, Javascript

yes, Lua

Triggers

Hooks

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Multi-source replication

selectable replication factor

Representation of geographical distribution of servers is possible

none

Synchronous replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

READ-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED

Eventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency

can be individually decided for each write operation

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

manual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability

yes

relationship in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Optimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads

ACID

Atomicity and isolation are supported for single operations

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

via file-system locks

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

in-memory tables

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

Access rights for users can be defined per object

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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