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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Phoenix vs. ArangoDB vs. Databricks vs. FoundationDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.The Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
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Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#125  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score3.30
Rank#82  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#10  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#191  Overall
#32  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#87  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgphoenix.apache.orgarangodb.comwww.databricks.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdb
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsphoenix.apache.orgdocs.arangodb.comdocs.databricks.comapple.github.io/­foundationdb
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationArangoDB Inc.DatabricksFoundationDB
Initial release20122014201220132013
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.11.5, November 20236.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free infosome layers support schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashno infosome layers support typing
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnowith Databricks SQLsupported in specific SQL layer only
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsJavaScriptuser defined functions and aggregatesin SQL-layer only
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with configurable replication factoryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesHadoop integrationno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphsin SQL-layer only
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 sourceyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyyesno
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Apache DrillApache PhoenixArangoDBDatabricksFoundationDB
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Supported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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