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System Properties Comparison ScyllaDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. Sphinx vs. Teradata Aster vs. YDB

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NameScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeSpatial extension of SQLiteOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelWide column storeSpatial DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeRelational DBMS
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Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.33
Rank#287  Overall
#43  Document stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.scylladb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexsphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdocs.scylladb.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlsphinxsearch.com/­docsydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperScyllaDBAlessandro FurieriSphinx Technologies Inc.TeradataYandex
Initial release20152008200120052019
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20245.0.0, August 20203.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-lessFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File StoreFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonoyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yesSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
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
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, LuanonoR packagesno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenonenoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.Active-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users
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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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