This article is a list of column-oriented database management system software.
Free and open-source software (FOSS) +Database nameLanguage implemented inNotesApache Doris Java & C++Open source (since 2017), database for high-concurrency point queries and high-throughput analysis.Apache DruidJavaStarted in 2011 for low-latency massive ingestion and queries. Support and extensions available from Imply Data.Apache KuduC++Released in 2016 to complete the Apache Hadoop ecosystemApache PinotJavaOpen sourced in 2015 for real-time low-latency analytics. Support and extensions available from StarTree.Arc Go Columnar analytical database built on DuckDB, Parquet, and Apache Arrow. Supports Line Protocol, MessagePack, and SQL. Released under AGPL-3.0. Published in 2025 by Basekick Labs for product analytics, observability, IoT telemetry, and AI-agent memory workloads.Calpont InfiniDBC++ClickHouseC++Released in 2016 to analyze data that is updated in real timeCrateDBJavaC-StoreC++The last release of the original code was in 2006; Vertica a commercial fork, lives on.DuckDBC++An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSDatabendRustAn elastic and reliable Serverless Data WarehouseInfluxDBRustTime series databaseGreenplum DatabaseCSupport and extensions available from VMware.HEAVY.AIC++Formerly MapDMariaDB ColumnStoreC & C++Formerly Calpont InfiniDBMetakitC++MonetDBCOpen-source (since 2004) columnar Relational DBMS pioneerPostgreSQL cstore fdw, vopsCcstore_fdw uses ORC formatStarRocks Java & C++Open source, unified analytics platform for batch and real-time analytics. Supports and extensions available from CelerData.VictoriaMetricsGoTime series database TiDBGo, Rust & C++ TiDB provides columnar storage via the TiFlash component
Platform as a Service (PaaS) Amazon Redshift Basekick Labs – Arc Cloud, managed hosting for the Arc columnar analytical database. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse) Google BigQuery Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud (ADWC) Snowflake Computing MariaDB SkySQL Actian Avalanche Vertica Accelerator CelerData
Proprietary Actian Vector (formerly VectorWise) Actuate Corporation BIRT Analytics ColumnarDB Dimensional Insight Endeca EXASOL EXtremeDB Hydrolix IBM Db2 Infobright KDB kdb+ memSQL Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Database (in-memory option) SAND CDBMS SAP HANA SAP IQ SenSage SQream Teradata Vertica (developed from open source C-Store) Yellowbrick Data
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