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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. ArangoDB vs. Dgraph vs. GreptimeDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbarangodb.comdgraph.iogreptime.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.arangodb.comdgraph.io/­docsdocs.greptime.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAmazonArangoDB Inc.Dgraph Labs, Inc.Greptime Inc.
Initial release2007201220162022
Current release3.11.5, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++GoRust
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnoPython
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infosince version 2.0yesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSynchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Eventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yesno infoPlanned for future releasesSimple rights management via user accounts
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Amazon SimpleDBArangoDBDgraphGreptimeDB
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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