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DBMS > MonetDB vs. OpenQM vs. ScyllaDB vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. OpenQM vs. ScyllaDB vs. Yaacomo

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.scylladb.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperMonetDB BVRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsScyllaDBQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2004199320152009
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4-12ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
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 proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryesyes, Lua
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesyesShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesselectable 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 systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
MonetDBOpenQM infoalso called QMScyllaDBYaacomo
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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