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System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Derby vs. GreptimeDB vs. HBase

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.78
Rank#61  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websiteaerospike.comdb.apache.org/­derbygreptime.comhbase.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.greptime.comhbase.apache.org/­book.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeApache Software FoundationGreptime Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release2012199720222008
Current release7.0, November 202310.17.1.0, November 20232.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaRustJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVRO
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith LuaJava Stored ProceduresPythonyes infoCoprocessors in Java
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGreptimeDBHBase
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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