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DBMS > Altibase vs. GreptimeDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InterSystems Caché

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. GreptimeDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InterSystems Caché

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA multi-model DBMS and application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comgreptime.comhsqldb.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cache
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.greptime.comhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.intersystems.com
DeveloperAltibaseGreptime Inc.InterSystems
Initial release1999202220011997
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20232.7.2, June 20232018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++RustJava
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesdepending on used data model
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C#
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsPythonJava, SQLyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles
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AltibaseGreptimeDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBInterSystems Caché
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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