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DBMS > Apache Druid vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Tigris

System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. PostGIS vs. Rockset vs. Tigris

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#51  Document stores
#55  Key-value stores
#24  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgpostgis.netrockset.comwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsRocksetTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release2012200520192022
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic 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.noyesno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP RESTCLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemyes infobased on PostgreSQLAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and roles

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