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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. MaxDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. MaxDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. Rockset vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.postgres-xl.orgrockset.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.rockset.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997RocksetSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201219842014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB20192022
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.9.10.12, February 202410 R1, October 2018v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoMozilla public licensecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++CC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingyes
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.nonoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyes infodistributed, parallel query executionRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC++.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infoMVCCnoACID
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 sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes, based on authentication and database rules

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