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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. StarRocks vs. Trino

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  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 open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score99.29
Rank#12  Overall
#2  Document stores
#8  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#174  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score5.18
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.starrocks.iotrino.io
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
DeveloperDatabricksThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Trino Software Foundation
Initial release201320202012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release3.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJava
Server operating systemshostedLinuxLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
JavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)depending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnodepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsSQL standard access control
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