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SWC-DB

Ch 056.9of 17 Wide-Column Databases
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Linux, self-hosted
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Deployment modelself hosted
  4. 4Query interfacemultiple
  5. 5Transaction supportYes
  6. 6Horizontal scalingYes
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Overview

SWC-DB is ranked #5 of 17 in wide-column databases on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

SWC-DB plans and pricing

All plans
SWC-DB Free GPLv3; commercial-purpose licensing inquiries for uses limited by GPLv3 swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on wide-column databases

Free plan
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Deployment model
self_hostedswcdb.org
Query interface
multipleswcdb.org
Transaction support
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Horizontal scaling
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Facts

Product
SWC-DB describes itself as a high-performance, scalable Super Wide Column Database.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Data model
The documentation identifies SWC-DB as a key-value, wide-column, NoSQL and time-series database.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Scale
The maker says the system is designed for yottabytes of data and a quadrillion base of entries.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
SQL
SWC-DB supports SQL, but the maker notes that it has no joins.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Transactions
The maker describes ACID concepts for a single data entry, while multi-entry writes are not atomic as a group.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Keys and columns
Its cell keys are lists of fractions with timestamps, and it has numerous columns without tables or namespaces.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Versions
The maker says data can use automatic or user-defined versions, with ascending or descending order and a configurable maximum to keep.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Security
The documentation says communications can use SSL, while transaction security also depends on the configured filesystem and clients supporting a secure layer.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Access control
The maker's feature checklist marks user-concept access controls as unsupported.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Client languages
The Thrift client documentation lists C++, Java, Python, Ruby and C-Glib libraries, plus generated clients for .NET Standard and Rust.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Filesystem options
Build options list local, broker, Hadoop JVM, Hadoop and Ceph as built-in filesystem choices.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Deployment
The maker documents a cluster utility with commands to deploy, start and stop a distributed SWC-DB cluster.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Downloads
The download page offers tar.xz and Debian packages and describes Arch Linux AUR packages.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
Support
The maker directs users to a Google Group for discussions and help, GitHub issues for bugs or feature requests, and lists commercial support contact options.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026
License
The maker publishes SWC-DB under GPLv3 and invites inquiries about commercial-purpose licensing when activities are limited by GPLv3.swcdb.org · 4 Oct 2026

Company

Founded
2019swcdb.org · 28 Sept 2026

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