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System Properties Comparison ScyllaDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Ultipa

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NameScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.70
Rank#70  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score1.01
Rank#179  Overall
#31  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#324  Overall
#28  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.scylladb.comsurrealdb.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationdocs.scylladb.comsurrealdb.com/­docswww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperScyllaDBSurrealDB LtdUltipa
Initial release201520222019
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 6.2.0, October 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.no
Secondary indexesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
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
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, Lua
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes, based on authentication and database rules

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