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DBMS > ScyllaDB vs. SingleStore vs. TinkerGraph vs. Vitess vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison ScyllaDB vs. SingleStore vs. TinkerGraph vs. Vitess vs. Yaacomo

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NameScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQLOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.scylladb.comwww.singlestore.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinvitess.ioyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdocs.scylladb.comdocs.singlestore.comvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperScyllaDBSingleStore Inc.The Linux Foundation, PlanetScaleQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20152013200920132009
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20248.5, January 202415.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Scylla Cloud: Create real-time applications that run at global scale with Scylla Cloud, the industry’s most powerful NoSQL DBaaSSingleStoreDB Cloud: The world's fastest, modern cloud database for both operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads. Available instantly with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud capabilities
Implementation languageC++C++, GoJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredDocker
Linux
macOS
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes infobut no triggers and foreign keysnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
TinkerPop 3ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesFor 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
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Luayesnoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infohash partitioningnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDnoACID at shard levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)noyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.optionalyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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ScyllaDBSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTinkerGraphVitessYaacomo
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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F ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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