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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. GridDB vs. Immudb vs. Quasardb vs. ToroDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational 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
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggriddb.netgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
quasar.aigithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.griddb.netdocs.immudb.iodoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software FoundationToshiba CorporationCodenotaryquasardb8Kdata
Initial release20122013202020092016
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.1, August 20221.2.3, April 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes infointeger and binaryyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesnoyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like syntaxSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID at container levelACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillGridDBImmudbQuasardbToroDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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