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DBMS > CrateDB vs. GeoMesa vs. NuoDB vs. RethinkDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. GeoMesa vs. NuoDB vs. RethinkDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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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
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.74
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaserethinkdb.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldoc.nuodb.comrethinkdb.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperCrateCCRi and othersDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince July 2017DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20132014201320092018
Current release4.0.5, February 20242.4.1, August 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL V3
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 languageJavaScalaC++C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supporthosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
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
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)noJava, SQLyes
TriggersnonoyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding inforange basedGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-leveldepending on storage layeryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replicationJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
depending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
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 infotunable commit protocolAtomic single-document operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes infoMVCC basedyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes infousers and table-level permissionsRole-based access control
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CrateDBGeoMesaNuoDBRethinkDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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