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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. gStore vs. HarperDB vs. TDengine

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  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 dataA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Ultra-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.Time Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#359  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#18  RDF stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdruid.apache.orgen.gstore.cnwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsHarperDBTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20122012201620172019
Current release1.20.3, January 202329.0.1, April 20241.2, November 20233.1, August 20213.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoBSDcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Node.jsC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
LinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL for queryingnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.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
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersnononoyes, via alarm monitoring
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 clusterSharding
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 definedyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoyesAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights for users and rolesyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillApache DruidgStoreHarperDBTDengine
Specific characteristicsTDengineā„¢ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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