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System Properties Comparison Oracle Berkeley DB vs. ScyllaDB vs. Spark SQL vs. TerarkDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWidely used in-process key-value storeCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Wide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score2.52
Rank#114  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score19.15
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Score1.83
Rank#141  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.scylladb.comspark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmldocs.scylladb.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleScyllaDBApache Software FoundationByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release19942015201420162017
Current release18.1.40, May 2020ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++ScalaC++C++
Server operating systemsAIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 editionnononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Java API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON 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
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
Java
Python
R
Scala
C++
Java
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Luanonoyes
Triggersyes infoonly for the SQL APInononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tablesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnonoRole-based access control
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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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