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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. ArcadeDB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. jBASE vs. Postgres-XL

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  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 rewrittenDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Wide column storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgarcadedb.comwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.arcadedb.comdocs.datastax.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsArcade DataDataStaxRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20122021201119912014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release29.0.1, April 2024September 20216.8, April 20205.710 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes
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.nononoyesyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID infoMVCC
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidArcadeDBDatastax EnterprisejBASEPostgres-XL
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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