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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS vs. Manticore Search vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgkx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmanticoresearch.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmanual.manticoresearch.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcManticore SoftwareDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201420172018
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.6, May 20186.0, February 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaqJavaScriptC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-freeFixed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoInt, 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 XMLno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia viewsyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript APIBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functionsyes
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 supportedGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationnoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemrights management via user accountsnonoRole-based access control
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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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