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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. BaseX vs. DuckDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. SpatiaLite

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Native XML DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score5.61
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgbasex.orgduckdb.orggreptime.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.basex.orgduckdb.org/­docsdocs.greptime.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsBaseX GmbHGreptime Inc.Alessandro Furieri
Initial release20122007201820222008
Current release30.0.0, June 202411.2, August 20241.0.0, June 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-lessAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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 queryingnoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoPythonno
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanomultiple readers, single writerACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.noyesyes
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 levelsnoSimple rights management via user accountsno
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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