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System Properties Comparison Spark SQL vs. Tarantool vs. TigerGraph vs. YugabyteDB

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NameSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applicationsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extensionDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.67
Rank#143  Overall
#25  Document stores
#25  Key-value stores
#65  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlwww.tarantool.iowww.tigergraph.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.tarantool.io/­en/­docdocs.tigergraph.comdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software FoundationVKYugabyte Inc.
Initial release2014200820172017
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20232.10.0, May 20222.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD-2, source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Tarantool EnterprisecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
LinuxLinux
OS X
Data schemeyesFlexible data schema: relational definition for tables with ability to store json-like documents in columnsyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesstring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean, datetimeyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsFull-featured ANSI SQL supportSQL-like query language (GSQL)yes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Open binary protocolGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
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 languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoLua, C and SQL stored proceduresyesyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyes, before/after data modification events, on replication events, client session eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding, partitioned with virtual buckets by user defined affinity key. Live resharding for scale up and scale down without maintenance downtime.Hash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneAsynchronous replication with multi-master option
Configurable replication topology (full-mesh, chain, star)
Synchronous quorum replication (with Raft)
Based on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemCasual consistency across sharding partitions
Eventual consistency within replicaset partition infowhen using asyncronous replication
Immediate Consistency within single instance
Sequential consistency including linearizable read within replicaset partition infowhen using Raft
Strong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID, with serializable isolation and linearizable read (within partition); Configurable MVCC (within partition); No cross-shard distributed transactionsACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, cooperative multitaskingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, write ahead loggingyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistencenono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists
Mutual TLS authentication for Tarantol Enterprise
Password based authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) and LDAP for Tarantol Enterprise
Users and Roles
Role-based access controlyes
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Spark SQLTarantoolTigerGraphYugabyteDB
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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