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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Hazelcast vs. InfluxDB vs. Sqrrl vs. VelocityDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A widely adopted in-memory data gridDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsAdaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache AccumuloA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Spatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbyhazelcast.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewsqrrl.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHazelcastAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release19972008201320122011
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20235.3.6, November 20232.7.6, April 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaGoJavaC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes
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.yesyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
.Net
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnonono
Triggersyesyes infoEventsnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding infomaking use of HadoopSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoReplicated Mapselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyselectable replication factor infomaking use of Hadoop
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entityACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlsimple rights management via user accountsCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)Based on Windows Authentication
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBHazelcastInfluxDBSqrrlVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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