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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. eXtremeDB vs. H2 vs. Heroic vs. SpatiaLite

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  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 clusteringFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.mcobject.comwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMcObjectThomas MuellerSpotifyAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20122001200520142008
Current release1.20.3, January 20238.2, 20212.2.220, July 20235.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingnoneShardingnone
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
With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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 sourceyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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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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