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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. CrateDB vs. HBase vs. Immudb vs. InfinityDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Distributed Database based on LuceneWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltcratedb.comhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
boilerbay.com
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.immudb.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperCrateApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetCodenotaryBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release20132013200820202002
Current release2.3.4, January 20211.2.3, April 20224.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageGoJavaJavaGoJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoSQL-like syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesGo.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#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions (Javascript)yes infoCoprocessors in Javanono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategySingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno
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BoltDBCrateDBHBaseImmudbInfinityDB
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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