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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. HBase vs. Realm vs. Sequoiadb

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comhbase.apache.orgrealm.iowww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlrealm.io/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperDatabricksApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2013200820142013
Current release2.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyes infoCoprocessors in Javano inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryJavaScript
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyessimple password-based access control
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