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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. Rockset vs. SpaceTime

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgboilerbay.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaserockset.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdoc.nuodb.comdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsBoiler Bay Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.RocksetMireo
Initial release20122002201320192020
Current release29.0.1, April 20244.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesdynamic typingyes
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 supportedno
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingnoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQLnono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenAutomatic shardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesReal-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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infotunable commit protocolnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.nonoyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleyes

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