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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. HarperDB vs. NSDb vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. HarperDB vs. NSDb vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  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 dataUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Scalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#396  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.harperdb.ionsdb.ioquasar.ai
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.harperdb.io/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturedoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsHarperDBquasardb
Initial release20122012201720172009
Current release1.20.3, January 202329.0.1, April 20243.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL for queryingSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes, using LMDBUsing Apache Luceneyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users and rolesCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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