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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Axibase vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score93.02
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitedruid.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsAxibase CorporationSplunk Inc.
Initial release20122013201320142003
Current release30.0.0, June 2024155852.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
LinuxLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringNumeric data and Stringsnoyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languagenono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemsimple rights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users and roles
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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