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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OrientDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Kdb vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. OrientDB vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataHigh performance Time Series DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Search engineDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgkx.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchorientdb.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designcode.kx.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMicrosoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSimer Plaha
Initial release20122000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201520102018
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.6, May 2018V13.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaqJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoJava, Javascriptno
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnoHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemrights management via user accountsyes infousing Azure authenticationAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno
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Apache DruidKdbMicrosoft Azure AI SearchOrientDBSwayDB
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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