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System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. SwayDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. XTDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queriesHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlswaydb.simer.autinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
www.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.xtdb.com/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesSimer PlahaJuxt Ltd.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release19942018200920192017
Current release4.4, October 20211.19, September 20212.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCScalaJavaClojureC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes, extensible-data-notation formatyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnonolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calciteyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
TinkerPop 3HTTP REST
JDBC
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 languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Groovy
Java
Clojure
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyes, each node contains all dataBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of operationsnoACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesoptionalyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDByes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
mSQL infoMini SQLSwayDBTinkerGraphXTDB infoformerly named CruxYugabyteDB
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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