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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. CockroachDB vs. Lovefield vs. ObjectBox vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldobjectbox.ioswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCockroach LabsGoogleObjectBox LimitedSimer Plaha
Initial release20122015201420172018
Current release29.0.1, April 202423.1.1, May 20232.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptC and C++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddynamic schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBCProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersnono
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 RAFTnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemRole-based access controlnoyesno
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