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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Couchbase vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Couchbase vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. QuestDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA distributed document store with integrated cache, a powerful search engine, in-built operational and analytical capabilities, and an embedded mobile databaseSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store infooriginating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Vector DBMSRelational DBMS
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
Score16.59
Rank#36  Overall
#5  Document stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.couchbase.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchquestdb.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.couchbase.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCouchbase, Inc.MicrosoftQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2012201120152014
Current release29.0.1, April 2024Server: 7.2, June 2023; Mobile: 3.1, March 2022; Couchbase Capella (DBaaS), June 2023V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoBusiness Source License (BSL 1.1); Commercial licenses also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, Go and ErlangJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL++, extends ANSI SQL to JSON for operational, transactional, and analytic use casesnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Kafka Connector
Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs
Spark Connector
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Kotlin
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoFunctions and timers in JavaScript and UDFs in Java, Python, SQL++nono
Triggersnoyes infovia the TAP protocolnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedAutomatic ShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication infoincluding cross data center replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoselectable on a per-operation basis
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoEphemeral bucketsnoyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemUser and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication. Role-base access control.yes infousing Azure authentication
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Apache DruidCouchbase infoOriginally called MembaseMicrosoft Azure AI SearchQuestDB
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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