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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. eXtremeDB vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. ObjectBox vs. SpatiaLite

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.89
Rank#103  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.60
Rank#149  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.mcobject.comcloud.google.com/­spannerobjectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docsdocs.objectbox.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMcObjectGoogleObjectBox LimitedAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20122001201720172008
Current release1.20.3, January 20238.2, 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC and C++C and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011noyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnonono
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.online/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integrityyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoStrict serializable isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
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 sourceyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)yesno
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Apache DrilleXtremeDBGoogle Cloud SpannerObjectBoxSpatiaLite
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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