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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Axibase vs. EXASOL vs. GreptimeDB vs. IRONdb

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicity
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series 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
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.exasol.comgreptime.comwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.greptime.comdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-started
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAxibase CorporationExasolGreptime Inc.Circonus LLC.
Initial release20122013200020222017
Current release1.20.3, January 202315585V0.10.20, January 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query languageyesyesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Lua
Python
R
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.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 functionsyesuser defined functionsPythonyes, in Lua
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingAutomatic, metric affinity per node
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodes
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno
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 rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillAxibaseEXASOLGreptimeDBIRONdb
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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