DB-EnginesextremeDB - solve IoT connectivity disruptionsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Kinetica vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Kinetica vs. SpaceTime

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.51
Rank#147  Overall
#25  Key-value stores
Score0.42
Rank#261  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orggeode.apache.orgwww.kinetica.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.ehcache.org/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.kinetica.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.KineticaMireo
Initial release20122009200220122020
Current release30.0.0, June 20243.10.0, March 20221.1, February 20177.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC, C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinuxLinux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like DML and DDL statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JCacheJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Java.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceyes, on a single nodenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyes

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Apache DruidEhcacheGeodeKineticaSpaceTime
Recent citations in the news

Imply Announces the Availability of Imply Polaris, a Database-as-a-Service Built from Apache Druid, on Microsoft Azure
26 June 2024, businesswire.com

'Lucifer' Botnet Turns Up the Heat on Apache Hadoop Servers
21 February 2024, Dark Reading

New DDoS malware Attacking Apache big-data stack, Hadoop, & Druid Servers
26 February 2024, GBHackers

Apache® Druid Wins Best Big Data Product in the 2023 BigDATAwire Readers’ Choice Awards
26 January 2024, businesswire.com

Apache Druid Takes Its Place In The Pantheon Of Databases
16 June 2022, The Next Platform

provided by Google News

Jira Data Center user? Here's a critical Ehcache vulnerability to spoil your day
22 July 2021, The Register

Atlassian asks customers to patch critical Jira vulnerability
22 July 2021, BleepingComputer

Critical Jira Flaw in Atlassian Could Lead to RCE
22 July 2021, Threatpost

How to partition Sonatype Nexus Repository: Targets, privileges, and roles
9 February 2010, Sonatype Blog

Implementing fallback with cached data
8 October 2018, O'Reilly Media

provided by Google News

Chapter 1. Introduction to Pivotal GemFire In-Memory Data Grid and Apache Geode
15 November 2018, O'Reilly Media

RDBMS and Apache Geode Data Movement: Low Latency ETL Pipeline by Using Cloud-Native Event Driven Microservices
30 June 2018, InfoQ.com

HPE buys query acceleration platform Ampool to boost Ezmeral hybrid cloud analytics
7 July 2021, SiliconANGLE News

This is how much one of the most expensive gems costs at the Tucson gem show
11 February 2024, KGUN 9 Tucson News

HPE acquires Ampool to gain distributed SQL engine
9 July 2021, VentureBeat

provided by Google News

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data
26 March 2024, Datanami

Kinetica Delivers Real-Time Vector Similarity Search
21 March 2024, insideBIGDATA

Kinetica Launches Generative AI Solution for Real-Time Inferencing Powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise
18 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

Kinetica ramps up RAG for generative AI, empowering enterprises with real-time operational data
18 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Kinetica: AI is a ‘killer app’ for data analytics
2 May 2023, Blocks & Files

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here