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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. CockroachDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. Pinecone vs. TerarkDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCockroachDB 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.Industrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.A managed, cloud-native vector databaseA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSEvent StoreVector DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.eventstore.comwww.pinecone.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCockroach LabsEvent Store LimitedPinecone Systems, IncByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20122015201220192016
Current release1.20.3, January 202324.1.0, May 202421.2, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Booleanno
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC++C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
PythonC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal 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 RAFTnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRole-based access controlno

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