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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. GridGain vs. JSqlDb vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. GridGain vs. JSqlDb vs. OrientDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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 dataGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.gridgain.comjsqldb.org (offline)orientdb.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsGridGain Systems, Inc.Konrad von BackstromOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20122012200720182010
Current release1.20.3, January 202329.0.1, April 2024GridGain 8.5.10.8, December 20183.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL for queryingANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)functions in JavaScriptJava, Javascript
Triggersnonoyes (cache interceptors and events)noHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes (replicated cache)noneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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