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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. PouchDB vs. Riak KV vs. YugabyteDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orghbase.apache.orgpouchdb.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlpouchdb.com/­guideswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software FoundationOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20122008201220092017
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 20217.1.1, June 20193.2.0, December 20222.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editionOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptErlangC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROnonoyes
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 indexesnonoyes infovia viewsrestrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnononoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC 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
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in JavaView functions in JavaScriptErlangyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infono "single point of failure"Hash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
selectable replication factorBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infolinks between data sets can be storedyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nonoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnoyes, using Riak Securityyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillHBasePouchDBRiak KVYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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