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System Properties Comparison Linter vs. LMDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameLinter  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRDBMS for high security requirementsA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#121  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitelinter.ruwww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbwww.scylladb.comterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.lmdb.tech/­docdocs.scylladb.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
Developerrelex.ruSymasScyllaDBDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release19902011201520182011
Current release0.9.32, January 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 202411.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CC++Prolog, RustC#
Server operating systemsAIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
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
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLnoyes, Luayesno
TriggersyesnonoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tablesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication
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LinterLMDBScyllaDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistVelocityDB
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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