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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. BaseX vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Lovefield vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BaseX vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Lovefield vs. PouchDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.DataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector 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
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpouchdb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.basex.orgdocs.datastax.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBaseX GmbHDataStaxGoogleApache Software Foundation
Initial release20122007201120142012
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.7, August 20236.8, April 20202.1.12, February 20177.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesno
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC++Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyesUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"noneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnono
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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