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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. MaxDB vs. OpenSearch vs. Quasardb vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. MaxDB vs. OpenSearch vs. Quasardb vs. SwayDB

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score2.85
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score16.31
Rank#36  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score0.13
Rank#332  Overall
#28  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitedruid.apache.orgmaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
quasar.aiswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Amazon Web ServicesquasardbSimer Plaha
Initial release20121984202120092018
Current release30.0.0, June 20247.9.10.12, February 20242.5.0, January 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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STACKIT OpenSearch offers OpenSearch in a managed version in enterprise grade, 100% GDPR-compliant, for a wide range of applications like analytics, website search, offering scalability and fast data access.
Implementation languageJavaC++JavaC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryno
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesnono
Triggersnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featurenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednoneShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno
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Apache DruidMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DOpenSearchQuasardbSwayDB
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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