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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Ignite vs. Oracle NoSQL vs. OrientDB vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonOracle NoSQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A multi-model, scalable, distributed NoSQL database, designed to provide highly reliable, flexible, and available data management across a configurable set of storage nodesMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value store
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score3.05
Rank#97  Overall
#17  Document stores
#16  Key-value stores
#50  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgignite.apache.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­nosql/­technologies/­nosqlorientdb.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­database/­other-databases/­nosql-database/­index.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationOracleOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSimer Plaha
Initial release20122015201120102018
Current release1.20.3, January 2023Apache Ignite 2.624.1, May 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoProprietary for Enterprise Edition (Oracle Database EE license has Oracle NoSQL database EE covered: details)Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetJavaJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Solaris SPARC/x86
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyesSupport Fixed schema and Schema-less deployment with the ability to interoperate between them.schema-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 dateyesyesoptionalyesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noJava, Javascriptno
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Electable source-replica replication per shard. Support distributed global deployment with Multi-region table featureMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)with Hadoop integrationno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infodepending on configuration
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDconfigurable infoACID within a storage node (=shard)ACIDAtomic execution of operations
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 sourceyesyes infooff heap cacheyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno

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