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DBMS > CrateDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Kdb vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. Kdb vs. Riak TS

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.HarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.High performance Time Series DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.69
Rank#226  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#11  Vector DBMS
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.55
Rank#243  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score7.73
Rank#45  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitecratedb.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.harperdb.iokx.com
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docscloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docscode.kx.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperCrateGoogleHarperDBKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release2013201520172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032015
Current release5.8.1, August 20243.1, August 20213.6, May 20183.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsqErlang
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supporthostedLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freedynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infoJSON data typesyesno
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'restricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language (q)yes, limited
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
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
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)noCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsErlang
Triggersnononoyes infowith viewsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno infolinks between datasets can be stored
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 strategyAtomic single-row operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsno
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CrateDBGoogle Cloud BigtableHarperDBKdbRiak TS
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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