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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. NuoDB vs. QuestDB vs. Rockset vs. SAP Adaptive Server

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score35.09
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequestdb.iorockset.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.html
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdoc.nuodb.comquestdb.io/­docsdocs.rockset.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASE
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.QuestDB Technology IncRocksetSAP, Sybase
Initial release20122013201420191987
Current release29.0.1, April 202416.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic 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 indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyesSQL with time-series extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLnonoJava and Transact-SQL
Triggersnoyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-baseddata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Automatic shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolACID for single-table writesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary tableyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache DruidNuoDBQuestDBRocksetSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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