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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Kdb vs. Linter vs. Manticore Search vs. Postgres-XL

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDBMS for high security requirementsMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgkx.comlinter.rumanticoresearch.comwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcode.kx.commanual.manticoresearch.comwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcrelex.ruManticore Software
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199020172014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.6, May 20186.0, February 202310 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqC and C++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.noyesnoCan index from XMLyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language (q)yesSQL-like query languageyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioningnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidKdbLinterManticore SearchPostgres-XL
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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