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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. ArcadeDB vs. BaseX vs. GeoMesa vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. ArcadeDB vs. BaseX vs. GeoMesa vs. Sequoiadb

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Native XML DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#355  Overall
#48  Document stores
#37  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#136  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#260  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgarcadedb.combasex.orgwww.geomesa.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.arcadedb.comdocs.basex.orgwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsArcade DataBaseX GmbHCCRi and othersSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20122021200720142013
Current release29.0.1, April 2024September 202110.7, August 20234.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language, no joinsnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJavaScript
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonedepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationnonedepending on storage layerSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDmultiple readers, single writernoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagesimple password-based access control

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