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DBMS > DuckDB vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison DuckDB vs. MonetDB vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Sequoiadb

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NameDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.57
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteduckdb.orgwww.monetdb.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationduckdb.org/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperMonetDB BVOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2018200419842013
Current release0.10, February 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 20237.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CC++
Server operating systemsserver-lessFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
HP Open VMSLinux
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsArrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
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
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, RJavaScript
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control

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