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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Dgraph vs. Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. Newts

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdgraph.iokx.commachbase.comopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdgraph.io/­docscode.kx.commachbase.com/­dbmsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMachbaseOpenNMS Group
Initial release201220162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320132014
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.6, May 2018V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoqCJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
HTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesC++C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnonono
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 sourceyesyes infovolatile and lookup tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceno infoPlanned for future releasesrights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlno
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Apache DrillDgraphKdbMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxNewts
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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