CrateDB
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What both publish
| Fact | CrateDB | MonetDB |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Integrations | Documented integrations include Tableau Cloud, Power BI, Kafka, StreamSets, DBeaver, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow, Superset, Metabase, Excel and n8n. | The ecosystem lists integrations including a PostgreSQL foreign data wrapper, SQLAlchemy dialect, Django backend, Tableau connector, and GeoTools datastore. |
| Purpose | CrateDB is a real-time analytics database for live operational data. | MonetDB is a high-performance relational database system for analytics. |
| Security | CrateDB describes authentication, authorization, encryption, audit logging and compliance certifications across managed and self-managed deployments. | Client-server communication is unencrypted by default; TLS can be used through a termination proxy such as stunnel. |
CrateDB plans
- Shared FreeFree
- Shared—
- Dedicated—
- Open SourceFree
- CrateDB Cloud Free PlanFree
- CrateDB Cloud Shared$0.07 a month
MonetDB plans
- MonetDBFree
Pick CrateDB if…
CrateDB suits teams analyzing live operational data across varied formats who need SQL and horizontal scaling. It also fits users choosing between a managed Cloud service and deployment on their own infrastructure, including those seeking an Apache 2.0 open-source core.
Pick MonetDB if…
MonetDB suits users building analytical or data-warehouse systems who want a self-hosted SQL database. It is less suited to workloads requiring high-volume transaction processing.