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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. EventStoreDB vs. Splunk vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. EventStoreDB vs. Splunk vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Analytics Platform for Big DataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Event StoreSearch engineKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.eventstore.comwww.splunk.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEvent Store LimitedSplunk Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release2012201220032018
Current release1.20.3, January 202321.2, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC++C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users and rolesno

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