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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. Derby vs. RDF4J vs. Tigris

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#51  Document stores
#55  Key-value stores
#24  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Websitecratedb.comdb.apache.org/­derbyrdf4j.orgwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentationwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperCrateApache Software FoundationSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Tigris Data, Inc.
Initial release2013199720042022
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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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 languageJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes infoRDF Schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyesnono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJava API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.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
JavaJava
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)Java Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
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 strategyACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles
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CrateDBDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameTigris
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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CrateDBDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameTigris
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