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DBMS > Apache HBase vs. DuckDB vs. OpenSearch

System Properties Comparison Apache HBase vs. DuckDB vs. OpenSearch

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NameApache HBase  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score24.08
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score6.71
Rank#51  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score16.97
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Search engines
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgduckdb.orggithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlduckdb.org/­docsopensearch.org/­docs/­latest
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetThe OpenSearch Software Foundation
Initial release200820182021
Current release2.3.4, January 20211.0.0, June 20242.19, February 2025
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-lessAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javanoyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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