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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. Cubrid vs. eXtremeDB vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. Cubrid vs. eXtremeDB vs. Postgres-XL

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdruid.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
www.mcobject.comwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcubrid.org/­manualswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationMcObject
Initial release20122012200820012014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release1.20.3, January 202329.0.1, April 202411.0, January 20218.2, 202110 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, JavaC and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL for queryingyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC++Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoJava Stored Proceduresyesuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonehorizontal partitioning / shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DrillApache DruidCubrideXtremeDBPostgres-XL
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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