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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. NSDb vs. NuoDB vs. Quasardb vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#226  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#18  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#207  Overall
#96  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score3.93
Rank#89  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitecratedb.comnsdb.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasequasar.aiwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturedoc.nuodb.comdoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperCrateDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.quasardbRocket Software
Initial release20132017201320091985
Current release3.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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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 languageJavaJava, ScalaC++C++C
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
macOS
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes infointeger and binaryoptional
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 indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitySQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based 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
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)noJava, SQLnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
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 protocolACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tableyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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CrateDBNSDbNuoDBQuasardbUniData,UniVerse
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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