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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. etcd vs. Riak TS

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneA distributed reliable key-value storeRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelDocument store
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.82
Rank#237  Overall
#35  Document stores
#19  Time Series DBMS
Score8.60
Rank#53  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.28
Rank#317  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Websitecrate.ioetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
riak.com/­products/­riak-ts
Technical documentationcrate.io/­-docsetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
DeveloperCrateBasho Technologies
Initial release20132015
Current release3.4, August 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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 languageJavaGoErlang
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
Linux
OS X
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnono
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 indexesyesnorestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
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
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
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)noJavaScript and Erlang
Triggersnoyes, watching key changesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono 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 strategynono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
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 accountsnono
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CrateDBetcdRiak TS
Specific characteristicsCrateDB is an open-source distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing...
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Competitive advantagesCrateDB is typically used in operational analytics applications. In those scenarios,...
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Typical application scenariosCrateDB is ideal for integrating and analyzing streams of data in order to monitor,...
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Key customersCrateDB customers include Bitmovin , ALPLA , Gantner Instruments , SPGo! , TGW Logistics...
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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 modelsCrateDB Cloud The efficiency & range of CrateDB in the Cloud CrateDB Edge brings...
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Conferences and events

CrateDB Community Day #2 – Maximizing your data potential with CrateDB integrations
Virtual Event, 4:00pm - 5:15pm CET, 23 March 2023

Finished events

Live Demo on Time-series data: from Raw Data to Fast Analysis in only 3 steps
Webinar, 16:00 - 16:45 CET, 22 February 2023 (finished)

Recent citations in the news

Real-Time Analytics Database Company CrateDB Names Lars ...
1 March 2023, Business Wire

Crate.io Expands CrateDB Cloud with the Launch of CrateDB Edge
15 April 2021, GlobeNewswire

Crate.io raises $10M to grow its database platform
15 June 2021, VentureBeat

Crate.io Introduces CrateDB 2.0 Enterprise and Open Source Editions
16 May 2017, Business Wire

CrateDB Tackles Machine Analytics with Scale-Out SQL Database
14 December 2016, Datanami

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Zero-Copy In-Memory Sharing of Large Distributed Data: V6d
14 March 2023, InfoQ.com

How does Kubernetes use etcd?
21 November 2022, TechTarget

Amazon Releases Elastic Kubernetes Service for Snowball Edge
20 February 2023, InfoQ.com

How Many Nodes for Your Kubernetes Control Plane?
14 September 2022, The New Stack

How to restore a Kubernetes cluster from an etcd snapshot
16 December 2021, TechTarget

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Riak TS for time series analysis at scale
29 September 2016, opensource.com

Basho open-sources its Riak TS database for the Internet Of Things
5 May 2016, TechCrunch

Is Riak A Good NoSQL Database Option?
1 July 2019, Analytics India Magazine

Create Your First Riak TS Table
21 February 2017, riak.com

Top 10 Riak TS Alternatives 2023
6 May 2019, G2

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