Comparing NoSQL databases

NoSQL databases

BIG TABLE CLONES

BigTable is a compressed, high performance, and proprietary data storage system built on Google File System.

• HBase
• Cassandra
• BigTable (Google)
• Hypertable

KEY VALUE STORES

Data is represented as a collection of key–value pairs.

• Dynamo (Amazon)
• Riak
• Voldemort (LinkedIn)
• Citrusleaf

DOCUMENT DB

Each record and its associated data is thought of as a “document”. 

• MongoDB
• CouchOne
• Terrastore
• OrientDB

GRAPH DB

It uses graph structures for semantic queries with nodes, edges and properties to represent and store data.

• FlockDB (Twitter)
• Neo4J
• AllegroGraph
• DEX
• Sones
• InfoGrid

COMPARISON OF NOSQL DBs

Scalability & speed - Descending order

1. Big Table
2. Key/Value stores
3. Document DB
4. Graph DB

Performance - Descending order

1. Graph DB
2. Document DB
3. Big Table
4. Key/Value stores