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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Firebird vs. GridDB vs. Splice Machine vs. TDengine

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkTime Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#252  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.firebirdsql.orggriddb.netsplicemachine.comgithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.griddb.netsplicemachine.com/­how-it-worksdocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Firebird FoundationToshiba CorporationSplice MachineTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20162000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase201320142019
Current release2.1, December 20185.0.0, January 20245.1, August 20223.1, March 20213.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C++JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPSQLnoyes infoJavano
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsYes, via Full Spark Integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID at container levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes
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AgensGraphFirebirdGridDBSplice MachineTDengine
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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