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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. NuoDB vs. OceanBase vs. Quasardb

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQLDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.73
Rank#229  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.99
Rank#195  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#153  Overall
#71  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseen.oceanbase.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docsdoc.nuodb.comen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-databasedoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperCrateDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.OceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant Groupquasardb
Initial release2013201320112009
Current release3.2.3, March 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoCommercial license availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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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++C++C++
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supporthosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyesyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
HTTP 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
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)Java, SQLPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible modeno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)Sharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication using PaxosSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
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 strategyACID infotunable commit protocolACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
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 UsersAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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CrateDBNuoDBOceanBaseQuasardb
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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OceanBase Database is the world’s only native distributed database that has set new...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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High Availability : The five IDCs across three sites disaster recovery solution sets...
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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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OceanBase Database has helped over 400 customers across industries upgrade their...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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TPC-C No.1 Performance , achieved a result of 707.35 million tpmC in the TPC-C benchmark...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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Mulan PubL v2 license for open source community edition. Commercial license for enterprise...
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