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DBMS > MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Teradata Aster vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Teradata Aster vs. XTDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.monetdb.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperMonetDB BVRocksetTeradataJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2004201920052019
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCC++Clojure
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesdynamic typingyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 supportedyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, RnoR packagesno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesAutomatic shardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.yes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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