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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. eXtremeDB vs. HBase vs. TypeDB

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Wide column storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.mcobject.comhbase.apache.orgtypedb.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperExasolMcObjectApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetVaticle
Initial release2000200120082016
Current release8.2, 20212.3.4, January 20212.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnono
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationnoyesyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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EXASOLeXtremeDBHBaseTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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