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System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. Couchbase vs. EsgynDB vs. Faircom DB vs. OrientDB

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyA distributed document store with integrated cache, a powerful search engine, in-built operational and analytical capabilities, and an embedded mobile databaseEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store infooriginating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score16.59
Rank#36  Overall
#5  Document stores
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitepinot.apache.orgwww.couchbase.comwww.esgyn.cnwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dborientdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgdocs.couchbase.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCouchbase, Inc.EsgynFairCom CorporationOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20152011201519792010
Current release1.0.0, September 2023Server: 7.2, June 2023; Mobile: 3.1, March 2022; Couchbase Capella (DBaaS), June 2023V12, November 20203.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBusiness Source License (BSL 1.1); Commercial licenses also availablecommercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, Go and ErlangC++, JavaANSI C, C++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL++, extends ANSI SQL to JSON for operational, transactional, and analytic use casesyesyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBCCLI Client
HTTP REST
Kafka Connector
Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs
Spark Connector
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Kotlin
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresFunctions and timers in JavaScript and UDFs in Java, Python, SQL++Java Stored Proceduresyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++Java, Javascript
Triggersyes infovia the TAP protocolnoyesHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningAutomatic ShardingShardingFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoincluding cross data center replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoselectable on a per-operation basis
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDtunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoEphemeral bucketsnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUser and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication. Role-base access control.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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