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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. GeoMesa vs. TerarkDB vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. GeoMesa vs. TerarkDB vs. TiDB

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score1.14
Rank#171  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbpingcap.com
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncCCRi and othersByteDance, originally TerarkPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2015201420162016
Current release3.1.0, July 20205.0.1, July 20248.2.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaC++Go, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Java API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache KylinGeoMesaTerarkDBTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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