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System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. OrientDB vs. StarRocks vs. VelocityDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)An open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgorientdb.orgwww.starrocks.iovelocitydb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperMonetDB BVOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2004201020202011
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20233.2.29, March 20242.5.3, March 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++, JavaC#
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language, no joinsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, RJava, Javascriptuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesHooksnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableRole based access control and fine grained access rightsBased on Windows Authentication

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