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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. SWC-DB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. SWC-DB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSSearch engine
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Score1.90
Rank#126  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.04
Rank#361  Overall
#153  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.kinetica.comdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHypertable Inc.KineticaAlex KashirinTranswarp
Initial release2012200920122020
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 20210.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C, C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 sourceyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoAccess rights for users and roles on table level

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