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DBMS > Memcached vs. SwayDB vs. Tarantool vs. Transwarp Hippo vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. SwayDB vs. Tarantool vs. Transwarp Hippo vs. WakandaDB

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applicationsCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasetsWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score1.67
Rank#143  Overall
#25  Document stores
#25  Key-value stores
#65  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#14  Vector DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgswaydb.simer.auwww.tarantool.iowww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippowakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikiwww.tarantool.io/­en/­docwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalSimer PlahaVKWakanda SAS
Initial release20032018200820232012
Current release1.6.27, May 20242.10.0, May 20221.0, May 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoBSD-2, source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Tarantool EnterprisecommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaC and C++C++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible data schema: relational definition for tables with ability to store json-like documents in columnsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonostring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean, datetimeVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoFull-featured ANSI SQL supportnono
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolOpen binary protocolRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
C++
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoLua, C and SQL stored proceduresnoyes
Triggersnonoyes, before/after data modification events, on replication events, client session eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding, partitioned with virtual buckets by user defined affinity key. Live resharding for scale up and scale down without maintenance downtime.Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynoneAsynchronous replication with multi-master option
Configurable replication topology (full-mesh, chain, star)
Synchronous quorum replication (with Raft)
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyCasual consistency across sharding partitions
Eventual consistency within replicaset partition infowhen using asyncronous replication
Immediate Consistency within single instance
Sequential consistency including linearizable read within replicaset partition infowhen using Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of operationsACID, with serializable isolation and linearizable read (within partition); Configurable MVCC (within partition); No cross-shard distributed transactionsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, cooperative multitaskingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyes, write ahead loggingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistenceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolnoAccess Control Lists
Mutual TLS authentication for Tarantol Enterprise
Password based authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) and LDAP for Tarantol Enterprise
Users and Roles
Role based access control and fine grained access rightsyes

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