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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Datomic vs. NuoDB vs. RDFox vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Datomic vs. NuoDB vs. RDFox vs. Rockset

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.datomic.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.oxfordsemantic.techrockset.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.datomic.comdoc.nuodb.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCognitectDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Oxford Semantic TechnologiesRockset
Initial release20122012201320172019
Current release29.0.1, April 20241.0.7075, December 20236.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infolimited edition freecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ClojureC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesyes infoRDF schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava, SQLno
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBreplication via a shared file systemyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersRoles, resources, and access typesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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