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DBMS > FatDB vs. HBase vs. InfluxDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. HBase vs. InfluxDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. Spark SQL

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Wide column storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitehbase.apache.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewmachbase.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbmachbase.com/­dbmsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperFatCloudApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMachbaseApache Software Foundation
Initial release20122008201320132014
Current release2.3.4, January 20212.7.6, April 2024V8.0, August 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#JavaGoCScala
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVRONumeric 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServernoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyes infoCoprocessors in Javanonono
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlyShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyselectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infovolatile and lookup tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple rights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlno
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FatDBHBaseInfluxDBMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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