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DBMS > Memcached vs. Rockset vs. ScyllaDB vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Rockset vs. ScyllaDB vs. Yaacomo

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score16.84
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.memcached.orgrockset.comwww.scylladb.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.rockset.comdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalRocksetScyllaDBQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2003201920152009
Current release1.6.29, June 2024ScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenodynamic typingyesyes
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.no infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolHTTP RESTProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
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 proceduresnonoyes, Lua
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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MemcachedRocksetScyllaDBYaacomo
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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