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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BigObject vs. Citus vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GreptimeDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLDataStax 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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector 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
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgbigobject.iowww.citusdata.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegreptime.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.bigobject.iodocs.citusdata.comdocs.datastax.comdocs.greptime.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBigObject, Inc.DataStaxGreptime Inc.
Initial release20122015201020112022
Current release1.20.3, January 20238.1, December 20186.8, April 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxLinux
OS X
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsLuauser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.noPython
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computing
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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 sourceyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSimple rights management via user accounts
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Apache DrillBigObjectCitusDatastax EnterpriseGreptimeDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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