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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. DolphinDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InterSystems Caché vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. DolphinDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InterSystems Caché vs. SingleStore

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA multi-model DBMS and application serverMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score5.38
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.dolphindb.comhsqldb.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.intersystems.comdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsDolphinDB, IncInterSystemsSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20122018200119972013
Current release29.0.1, April 2024v2.00.4, January 20222.7.2, June 20232018.1.4, May 20208.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesdepending on used data modelyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageyesyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C#
C++
Java
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesJava, SQLyesyes
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioningnonenoneSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAdministrators, Users, Groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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