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DBMS > Hive vs. MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Hive vs. MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb vs. Trafodion

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NameHive  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
Descriptiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitehive.apache.orgwww.monetdb.orgrockset.comwww.sequoiadb.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homewww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indextrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookMonetDB BVRocksetSequoiadb Ltd.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20122004201920132014
Current release3.1.3, April 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++C++C++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesdynamic typingyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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.no infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP RESTproprietary protocol using JSONADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes, in SQL, C, RnoJavaScriptJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tablesAutomatic shardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesSource-replica replicationyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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