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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Sequoiadb vs. Speedb

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score20.74
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.48
Rank#260  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#318  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.memcached.orgwww.sequoiadb.comwww.speedb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSequoiadb Ltd.Speedb
Initial release200320132020
Current release1.6.25, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCC++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexno
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitySource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoDocument is locked during a transactionyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolsimple password-based access controlno
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MemcachedSequoiadbSpeedb
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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