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System Properties Comparison Percona Server for MySQL vs. RethinkDB vs. StarRocks vs. STSdb vs. YugabyteDB

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NamePercona Server for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL based on XtraDB or TokuDB storage engines with improved performance and additional diagnostic and management features.DBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.An open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
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Score2.10
Rank#119  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score2.66
Rank#107  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.percona.com/­software/­mysql-database/­percona-serverrethinkdb.comwww.starrocks.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.percona.com/­downloads/­Percona-Server-LATESTrethinkdb.com/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperPerconaThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023STS Soft SCYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20082009202020112017
Current release8.0.36-28, 20242.4.1, August 20202.5.3, March 20234.0.8, September 20152.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++C++, JavaC#C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxWindowsLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesnoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
.NET Client APIJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
JavaC#
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding inforange basedhorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)noneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
XtraDB Cluster
Source-replica replicationnoneBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-document operationsnonoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCC basedyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesyes infousers and table-level permissionsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoyes
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Percona Server for MySQLRethinkDBStarRocksSTSdbYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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