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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. Manticore Search vs. PostGIS vs. Postgres-XL vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Manticore Search vs. PostGIS vs. Postgres-XL vs. Quasardb

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgmanticoresearch.compostgis.netwww.postgres-xl.orgquasar.ai
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designmanual.manticoresearch.compostgis.net/­documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsManticore Softwarequasardb
Initial release2012201720052014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2009
Current release29.0.1, April 20246.0, February 20233.4.2, February 202410 R1, October 20183.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoMozilla public licensecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++CCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedFixed schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.noCan index from XMLyesyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityno
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageyesyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
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
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACID infoMVCCACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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