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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. eXtremeDB vs. InfluxDB vs. JaguarDB vs. Snowflake

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  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 clusteringDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score2.25
Rank#120  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score26.56
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#356  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score123.20
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.mcobject.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.jaguardb.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmldocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperExasolMcObjectDataJaguar, Inc.Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20002001201320152014
Current release8.2, 20212.7.5, January 20243.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoGPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC and C++GoC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languages
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linuxhosted
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnonouser defined functions
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsnonono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlyShardingyes
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
selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
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 enginenono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsrights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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EXASOLeXtremeDBInfluxDBJaguarDBSnowflake
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Time to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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IoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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InfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Fastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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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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Open source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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