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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. Databricks vs. GBase

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. Databricks vs. GBase

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score1.05
Rank#177  Overall
#81  Relational DBMS
Score87.85
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score1.24
Rank#164  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orgwww.databricks.comwww.gbase.cn
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.databricks.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncDatabricksGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.
Initial release201520132004
Current release3.1.0, July 2020GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC, Java, Python
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.noyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)with Databricks SQLStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C#
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functions
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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