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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. Apache IoTDB vs. CockroachDB vs. GreptimeDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.31
Rank#297  Overall
#11  Wide column stores
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storeiotdb.apache.orgwww.cockroachlabs.comgreptime.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestoreiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.greptime.com
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationCockroach LabsGreptime Inc.
Initial release2016201820152022
Current release1.1.0, April 202324.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaGoRust
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
macOS
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBC
Native API
JDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoPython
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)horizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsnoACID
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensyesRole-based access controlSimple rights management via user accounts
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Alibaba Cloud Table StoreApache IoTDBCockroachDBGreptimeDB
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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