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System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. PouchDB vs. ScyllaDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
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Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score3.05
Rank#97  Overall
#17  Document stores
#16  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlpouchdb.comwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmlpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperMonetDB BVOracleApache Software FoundationScyllaDB
Initial release2004201120122015
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 202324.1, May 20247.1.1, June 2019ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC/x86
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptFor 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, RnoView functions in JavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusElectable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featureMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnowith Hadoop integrationyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)nono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infooff heap cacheyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesnoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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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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