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System Properties Comparison MarkLogic vs. ScyllaDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. SwayDB vs. Trafodion

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NameMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeSpatial extension of SQLiteAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Wide column storeSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeRelational DBMS
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Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.marklogic.comwww.scylladb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexswaydb.simer.autrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.marklogic.comdocs.scylladb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperMarkLogic Corp.ScyllaDBAlessandro FurieriSimer PlahaApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20012015200820182014
Current release11.0, December 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20245.0.0, August 20202.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++ScalaC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-lessLinux
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL92SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
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
Java
Kotlin
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptyes, LuanonoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenonenoneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, with Range Indexesyes infoin-memory tablesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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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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