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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Dgraph vs. GridGain vs. NuoDB vs. Transwarp StellarDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Dgraph vs. GridGain vs. NuoDB vs. Transwarp StellarDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp StellarDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA distributed graph DBMS built for enterprise-level graph applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph 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
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#371  Overall
#39  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdgraph.iowww.gridgain.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­stellardb
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdgraph.io/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.GridGain Systems, Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Transwarp
Initial release2012201620072013
Current release1.20.3, January 2023GridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, C++, .NetC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OpenCypher
Supported programming languagesC++C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)Java, SQL
Triggersnonoyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftyes (replicated cache)yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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 sourceyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceno infoPlanned for future releasesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes

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