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System Properties Comparison Postgres-XL vs. ScyllaDB vs. TimesTen vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NamePostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.postgres-xl.orgwww.scylladb.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmlwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatavictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.scylladb.comdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1docs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidatadocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperScyllaDBOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Rocket SoftwareVictoriaMetrics
Initial release2014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2015199819852018
Current release10 R1, October 2018ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla public licenseOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++CGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptional
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 infoXML type, but no XML query functionalitynonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
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
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, LuaPL/SQLyesno
Triggersyesnonoyes infoU2 Basicno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoMVCCno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID infoconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoin-memory tablesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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Postgres-XLScyllaDBTimesTenUniData,UniVerseVictoriaMetrics
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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