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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. HarperDB vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Quasardb vs. QuestDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Oracles in-memory data grid solutionDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.02
Rank#131  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.48
Rank#115  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencequasar.aiquestdb.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedoc.quasar.ai/­masterquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsHarperDBOraclequasardbQuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20122017200720092014
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.1, August 202114.1, August 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nonono
Triggersnonoyes infoLive Eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsconfigurableACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes infooptionallyyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTransient modeyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users and rolesauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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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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