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System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. NuoDB vs. RavenDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseravendb.netvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdoc.nuodb.comravendb.net/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperMonetDB BVDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Hibernating RhinosVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2004201320102011
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20235.4, July 20227.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C#C#
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesSQL-like query language (RQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, RJava, SQLyesno
TriggersyesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseBased on Windows Authentication

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