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System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. CrateDB vs. mSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. XTDB

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyDistributed Database based on LucenemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitepinot.apache.orgcratedb.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlorigodb.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgcratedb.com/­docsorigodb.com/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCrateHughes TechnologiesRobert Friberg et alJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2015201319942009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current release1.0.0, September 20234.4, October 20211.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC#Clojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.NetClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)noyesno
Triggersnonoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnoneSource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategynoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoRole based authorization
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Apache PinotCrateDBmSQL infoMini SQLOrigoDBXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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