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System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. RavenDB vs. Splunk vs. YugabyteDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseAnalytics Platform for Big DataHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeSearch engineRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgravendb.netwww.splunk.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationravendb.net/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperMonetDB BVHibernating RhinosSplunk Inc.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release2004201020032017
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20235.4, July 20222.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC#C and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language (RQL)no infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
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
HTTP RESTJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryesyesyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesShardingShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusMulti-source replicationMulti-source replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemDefault 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.Eventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseAccess rights for users and rolesyes
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MonetDBRavenDBSplunkYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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