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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. StarRocks

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  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.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache Doris
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.harperdb.ioobjectbox.iowww.starrocks.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.basex.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iodocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBaseX GmbHHarperDBObjectBox LimitedThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023
Initial release20122007201720172020
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.7, August 20233.1, August 20212.5.3, March 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC and C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
Supported programming languagesC++Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nouser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternonehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesyesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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