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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Apache Pinot vs. DuckDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Apache Pinot vs. DuckDB vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyAn embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgpinot.apache.orgduckdb.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.pinot.apache.orgduckdb.org/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation and contributorsMicrosoft
Initial release2018201520182015
Current release1.1.0, April 20231.0.0, September 20230.10, February 2024V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherserver-lesshosted
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBCArrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
Python
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
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)horizontal partitioningnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoyes infousing Azure authentication

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