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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. HBase vs. OpenSearch vs. SQL.JS

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LucenePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitecratedb.comhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
sql.js.org
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmlopensearch.org/­docs/­latestsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperCrateApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetAmazon Web ServicesAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release2013200820212012
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript 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
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)yes infoCoprocessors in Javayesno
Triggersnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnone
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 or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
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 strategySingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno
More information provided by the system vendor
CrateDBHBaseOpenSearchSQL.JS
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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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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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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