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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. HarperDB vs. SingleStore vs. TinkerGraph

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.91
Rank#61  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#344  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.singlestore.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsHarperDBSingleStore Inc.
Initial release2012201720132009
Current release29.0.1, April 20243.1, August 20218.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC++, GoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supporteddynamic schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like data manipulation statementsyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.optional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users and rolesFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesno
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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