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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. CrateDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. NuoDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataDistributed Database based on LuceneGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#269  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgcratedb.comwww.geomesa.orgkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcratedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCrateCCRi and othersKyligence, Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20122013201420162013
Current release29.0.1, April 20244.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions (Javascript)noJava, SQL
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingdepending on storage layerdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesConfigurable replication on table/partition-leveldepending on storage layeryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
depending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategynoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
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.nonodepending on storage layernoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemrights management via user accountsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DruidCrateDBGeoMesaKyligence EnterpriseNuoDB
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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