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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. CrateDB vs. Ignite vs. IRONdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksDistributed Database based on LuceneApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicity
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorycratedb.comignite.apache.orgwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docscratedb.com/­docsapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-started
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAtos Convergence CreatorsCrateApache Software FoundationCirconus LLC.
Initial release20122016201320152017
Current release1.20.3, January 20231703Apache Ignite 2.6V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaJavaC++, Java, .NetC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyesyes infotext, numeric, histograms
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
LDAPADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++All languages with LDAP bindings.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functions (Javascript)yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes, in Lua
Triggersnoyesnoyes (cache interceptors and events)no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infocell divisionShardingShardingAutomatic, metric affinity per node
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyes (replicated cache)configurable replication factor, datacenter aware
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDno
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 sourceyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceLDAP bind authenticationrights management via user accountsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsno
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Apache DrillAtos Standard Common RepositoryCrateDBIgniteIRONdb
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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