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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. GreptimeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceFully managed big data interactive analytics platform
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infocolumn oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoIf a column is of type dynamic docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types/­dynamic then it's possible to add arbitrary JSON documents in this cell
Event Store infothis is the general usage pattern at Microsoft. Billing, Logs, Telemetry events are stored in ADX and the state of an individual entity is defined by the arg_max(timestamps)
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infosupport for complex search expressions docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­parseoperator FTS, Geospatial docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­geo-point-to-geohash-function distributed search -> ADX acts as a distributed search engine
Time Series DBMS infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer/­time-series-analysis
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score3.80
Rank#81  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgreptime.comboilerbay.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­data-explorer
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.greptime.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Greptime Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Microsoft
Initial release2016202220022019
Current release2.1, December 20184.0cloud service with continuous releases
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageCRustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeFixed schema with schema-less datatypes (dynamic)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyes infobool, datetime, dynamic, guid, int, long, real, string, timespan, double: docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoKusto Query Language (KQL), SQL subset
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Microsoft SQL Server communication protocol (MS-TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Java.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PowerShell
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPythonnoYes, possible languages: KQL, Python, R
Triggersnonoyes infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­management/­updatepolicy
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoSpark connector (open source): github.com/­Azure/­azure-kusto-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
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.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsnoAzure Active Directory Authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
AgensGraphGreptimeDBInfinityDBMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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