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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. SpaceTime vs. Vertica

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. SpaceTime vs. Vertica

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Cloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series 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
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.kinetica.comwww.mireo.com/­spacetimewww.vertica.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.kinetica.comvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Hypertable Inc.KineticaMireoOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20162009201220202005
Current release2.1, December 20180.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 202112.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageCC++C, C++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesnoNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
C++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsnoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubeshorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Multi-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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AgensGraphHypertableKineticaSpaceTimeVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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