DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Derby vs. DuckDB vs. HyperSQL

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. DuckDB vs. HyperSQL

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.86
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#91  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score4.85
Rank#81  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyduckdb.orghsqldb.org
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlduckdb.org/­docshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation
Initial release199720182001
Current release10.16.1.1, May 20220.9, September 20232.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-lessAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCCLI Client
JDBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaC
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
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoJava, SQL
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBDuckDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB
Recent citations in the news

The Ultimate Open Source Database List Profiling 16 Software Tools
30 May 2019, Solutions Review

Splice Machine 1.0 offers speedy, scalable SQL on Hadoop
19 November 2014, InfoWorld

Payara Foundation Releases Payara Server 5 and Payara Micro 5
30 March 2018, InfoQ.com

No, Citrix did not kill CloudStack
14 September 2014, InfoWorld

15 Best Database Management Systems for Linux
3 June 2019, Linux News, Tutorials and Apps

provided by Google News

DuckDB shuns VC breadcrumbs so support isn't all it's quacked up to be
5 October 2023, The Register

A Comprehensive Guide for Using DuckDB With Go
13 July 2023, hackernoon.com

MotherDuck Raises $52.5 Million Series B Funding as DuckDB Adoption Soars
20 September 2023, PR Newswire

Database startup MotherDuck lands $52.5M to grow its DuckDB-based platform
20 September 2023, TechCrunch

In-Process Analytical Data Management with DuckDB
12 June 2023, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

HyperSQL DataBase flaw leaves library vulnerable to RCE
24 October 2022, The Daily Swig

Introduction to JDBC with HSQLDB tutorial
14 November 2022, TheServerSide.com

Open-source DBMS becoming battleground of public cloud
17 May 2022, Etnews

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

DEV OPS ENGINEER
Esperanto.ai, Mountain View, CA

ArchivesSpace Technical Lead
LYRASIS, Georgia

R/Shiny Developer
Crunch.io, Remote

Data Engineer (Secret Clearance)
1Nation, Remote

Software Engineer
Bloomfield Robotics, Pittsburgh, PA

Staff Software Engineer, Tecton Compute
Tecton, Remote

Posture Principal Engineer
Obsidian Security, Newport Beach, CA

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Present your product here