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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. DuckDB vs. Kingbase vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.MultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score5.61
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#258  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Score2.25
Rank#112  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comduckdb.orgwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comduckdb.org/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperDatabricksBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Rocket Software
Initial release2013201819991985
Current release1.0.0, June 2024V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C and JavaC
Server operating systemshostedserver-lessLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptional
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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