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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. mSQL vs. Postgres-XL vs. ScyllaDB

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)hughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromHughes TechnologiesScyllaDB
Initial release201819942014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2015
Current release0.8, December 20184.4, October 202110 R1, October 2018ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoMozilla public licenseOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
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 proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptnouser defined functionsyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoMVCCno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
JSqlDbmSQL infoMini SQLPostgres-XLScyllaDB
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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