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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. CockroachDB vs. Firebird vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. CockroachDB vs. Firebird vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Splunk

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Analytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docswww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCockroach LabsFirebird FoundationPerconaSplunk Inc.
Initial release201220152000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase20152003
Current release29.0.1, April 202424.1.0, May 20245.0.0, January 20243.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoGPL Version 2commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyesnono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBCADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
proprietary protocol using JSONHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPSQLJavaScriptyes
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
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.nonoyes infovia In-Memory Engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemRole-based access controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles

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