DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. OrientDB vs. Riak KV

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. OrientDB vs. Riak KV

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Distributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.27
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Score4.44
Rank#80  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orghbase.apache.orgorientdb.org
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release2012200820102009
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20213.2.29, March 20243.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaJavaErlang
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJava, JavascriptErlang
TriggersnoyesHooksyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsno infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes, using Riak Security

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Apache DrillHBaseOrientDBRiak KV
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Graph DBMS increased their popularity by 500% within the last 2 years
3 March 2015, Paul Andlinger

Graph DBMSs are gaining in popularity faster than any other database category
21 January 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Apache Drill case study: A tutorial on processing CSV files
9 June 2016, TheServerSide.com

Analyse Kafka messages with SQL queries using Apache Drill
23 September 2019, Towards Data Science

Apache Drill improves big data SQL query engine
31 August 2021, TechTarget

Apache Drill Eliminates ETL, Data Transformation for MapR Database
11 April 2016, The New Stack

Drill Mines Diverse Data Sets, Google Style
20 May 2015, The Next Platform

provided by Google News

Best Practices from Rackspace for Modernizing a Legacy HBase/Solr Architecture Using AWS Services | Amazon Web ...
9 October 2023, AWS Blog

Less Components, Higher Performance: Apache Doris instead of ClickHouse, MySQL, Presto, and HBase
20 October 2023, hackernoon.com

Cloudera Search Adds Search Engine Ease to Data on HDFS and Apache HBase
10 December 2023, Channel Futures

HBase: The database big data left behind
6 May 2016, InfoWorld

What Is HBase? (Definition, Uses, Benefits, Features)
22 December 2022, Built In

provided by Google News

The 12 Best Graph Databases to Consider for 2024
22 October 2023, Solutions Review

OrientDB: A Flexible and Scalable Multi-Model NoSQL DBMS
21 January 2022, Open Source For You

Comparing Graph Databases II. Part 2: ArangoDB, OrientDB, and… | by Sam Bell
20 September 2019, Towards Data Science

CallidusCloud Acquires Leading Multi-Model Database Technology
19 September 2017, GlobeNewswire

K2View updates DataOps platform with data fabric automation
11 May 2021, TechTarget

provided by Google News

Basho, Maker of Riak NoSQL Database, Raises $25M
13 January 2015, Data Center Knowledge

Riak NoSQL Database: Use Cases and Best Practices
23 December 2011, InfoQ.com

Basho Revamps Riak Open-Source Database
17 September 2014, InformationWeek

Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365
12 September 2017, ComputerWeekly.com

Riak Taps Mesos for 'Push Button' NoSQL Scalability
20 August 2015, Datanami

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get it free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here