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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. CrateDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Machbase Neo vs. MaxDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDistributed Database based on LuceneA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgcratedb.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
machbase.commaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docscratedb.com/­docshugegraph.apache.org/­docsmachbase.com/­dbmsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCrateBaiduMachbaseSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release20122013201820131984
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9V8.0, August 20237.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree test version availablecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesC++.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
Groovy
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functions (Javascript)asynchronous Gremlin script jobsnoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseselectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnovia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyesyes infovolatile and lookup tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcerights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionssimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DrillCrateDBHugeGraphMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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