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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. OrientDB vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Snowflake vs. Tigris

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#121  Relational DBMS
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#363  Overall
#49  Document stores
#54  Key-value stores
#22  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comorientdb.orgraima.comwww.snowflake.comwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.raima.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperExasolOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPRaima Inc.Snowflake Computing Inc.Tigris Data, Inc.
Initial release20002010198420142022
Current release3.2.29, March 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language, no joinsyesyesno
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava, Javascriptyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesHooksyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users and roles
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EXASOLOrientDBRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSnowflakeTigris
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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