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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. Kyligence Enterprise

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BoltDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Heroic vs. Kyligence Enterprise

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn embedded key-value store for Go.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache Kylin
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.cockroachlabs.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroickyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprise
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCockroach LabsSpotifyKyligence, Inc.
Initial release20122013201520142016
Current release1.20.3, January 202324.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++GoC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDno
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 sourcenononono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoRole-based access control

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