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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. etcd vs. SpatiaLite

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneA distributed reliable key-value storeSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelDocument store
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
Relational DBMS
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
Score2.10
Rank#138  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitecrate.ioetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationcrate.io/­-docsetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
www.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperCrateAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20132008
Current release3.4, August 20195.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
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 languageJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
server-less
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)nono
Triggersnoyes, watching key changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone
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.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
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
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnono
More information provided by the system vendor
CrateDBetcdSpatiaLite
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

How O-CELL real-time monitoring solution helps to reduce the environmental impact of infrastructures with CrateDB
Webinar with Q&A; 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm CET, 5 April 2023

Learn simple No-Code Data Import and Visualization with CrateDB Cloud
Live Demo with Q&A; 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET, 27 April 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

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

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

CrateDB packs NoSQL flexibility, SQL familiarity
19 December 2016, InfoWorld

Real-Time SQL Is What's Making CrateDB Such A Hit In The IoT ...
26 April 2018, Analytics India Magazine

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21 November 2022, TechTarget

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14 March 2023, InfoQ.com

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