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

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  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 dataIn-memory JavaScript DBMSNuoDB 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
Document storeRelational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document 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.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaserockset.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdoc.nuodb.comdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.RocksetMireo
Initial release20122014201320192020
Current release29.0.1, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesdynamic 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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesall 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
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript.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 proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQLnono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
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 methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infotunable commit protocolnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes 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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