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System Properties Comparison Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Rockset vs. ScyllaDB vs. SpaceTime

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NameOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used in-process key-value storeA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Document storeWide column storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.52
Rank#114  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlrockset.comwww.scylladb.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmldocs.rockset.comdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleRocksetScyllaDBMireo
Initial release1994201920152020
Current release18.1.40, May 2020ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++C++C++
Server operating systemsAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
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.yes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indicesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
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
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, Luano
Triggersyes infoonly for the SQL APInonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
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 integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes
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Oracle Berkeley DBRocksetScyllaDBSpaceTime
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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