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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. MonetDB vs. OpenTenBase vs. PieCloudDB

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTenBase  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  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.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsAn enterprise-level distributed HTAP open source database based on PostgreSQLA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#370  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitecratedb.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­OpenTenBase/­OpenTenBase
www.opentenbase.org
www.openpie.com
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docscloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.opentenbase.org
docs.opentenbase.org/­en
DeveloperCrateGoogleMonetDB BVOpenAtom Foundation, previously TencentOpenPie
Initial release201320152004
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20232.5, January 20242.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoBSD-3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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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 languageJavaC
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supporthostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesyes
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
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
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
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)noyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding via remote tablesShardingyes
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 zonesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
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 operationsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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CrateDBGoogle Cloud BigtableMonetDBOpenTenBasePieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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