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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Druid vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. LokiJS

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  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 distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgdruid.apache.orgkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsKyligence, Inc.
Initial release2012201220162014
Current release1.20.3, January 202329.0.1, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL for queryingANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC++Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
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 systemno

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