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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. GeoMesa vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. Titan

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.geomesa.orgboilerbay.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdoc.nuodb.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperCrateCCRi and othersBoiler Bay Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Aurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release20132014200220132012
Current release4.0.5, February 20244.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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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 languageJavaScalaJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportAll OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
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
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)nonoJava, SQLyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-leveldepending on storage layernoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes infoRelationships in graph
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 strategynoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layernoyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server
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CrateDBGeoMesaInfinityDBNuoDBTitan
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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