DB-EnginesExtremeDB: the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Citus vs. Coveo vs. HBase

System Properties Comparison Citus vs. Coveo vs. HBase

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCitus  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSearch engineWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.81
Rank#116  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score2.40
Rank#128  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score37.62
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitewww.citusdata.comwww.coveo.comhbase.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.citusdata.comdocs.coveo.comhbase.apache.org
DeveloperCoveoApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release201020122008
Current release8.1, December 20182.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeyeshybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.noyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardgranular access controls, API key management, content filtersAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
CitusCoveoHBase
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Citus For PostgreSQL Goes Fully Open Source
4 July 2022, iProgrammer

Microsoft Announces PostgreSQL Option for Cosmos DB
12 October 2022, The New Stack

Microsoft Expands Azure PostgreSQL Moxy Through Citus Data ...
30 January 2019, Data Center Knowledge

Google Makes Postgres-Compatible AlloyDB Generally Available
14 December 2022, The New Stack

What is Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server?
24 June 2022, TechRepublic

provided by Google News

Coveo Notes “Immaterial” Business Impact from Silicon Valley Bank ...
20 March 2023, GlobeNewswire

Coveo Announces Industry-first Relevance Generative Answering ...
16 March 2023, GlobeNewswire

Coveo Notes “Immaterial” Business Impact from Silicon Valley Bank ...
20 March 2023, Digital Journal

Coveo Announces Next Relevance 360° Event - Beyond ...
22 February 2023, GlobeNewswire

President, Co-Founder and CTO of Coveo – Talking about cloud and AI on Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition for February 25, 2023
24 February 2023, IT World Canada

provided by Google News

What Is HBase? (Definition, Uses, Benefits, Features)
22 December 2022, Built In

Kairux: Identifying and Debugging Root Causes
27 February 2023, The New Stack

Reinventing Sprout Social’s approach to big data
15 November 2022, Sprout Social

HBase Tutorial
24 February 2023, Simplilearn

YTsaurus: Exabyte-Scale Storage and Processing System Is Now ...
20 March 2023, Medium

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Azure Postgres Architect
CPSI, Remote

Infrastructure Senior Tech Analyst - Structured Archiving
Citi, Irving, TX

Associate Technical Consultant
Perficient, Inc, United States

Junior Sitecore developer - Full time position
RSA Tech, Little Elm, TX

Web System Developer
Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc., Munster, IN

Sitecore Developer-Remote
HUB International, Chicago, IL

Senior Salesforce Administrator
Cradlepoint, Boise, ID

Senior Software Engineer I
HubSpot, Cambridge, MA

Java Developer (100% Remote in State of TX)
Health & Human Services Comm, Austin, TX

Sr. Sales Engineer, Named Accounts
Splunk, Tysons Corner, VA

Sr. Sales Engineer, Named Accounts
Splunk, Washington, DC

Staff Software Engineer, Payments
HubSpot, Cambridge, MA

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Cassandra Forward online event

Want to level up your Cassandra game?
If you missed the event or would like to re-watch a session, replays are available now. Watch now!

Vertica logo

Vertica Accelerator. The fastest analytics and machine learning, delivered as SaaS, with automated setup, administration, and management. Free trial.

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Present your product here