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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Dgraph vs. GreptimeDB vs. H2GIS vs. NuoDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  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 ScioreDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of H2NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbdgraph.iogreptime.comwww.h2gis.orgwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdgraph.io/­docsdocs.greptime.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperAmazonDgraph Labs, Inc.Greptime Inc.CNRSDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20072016202220132013
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoRustJavaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPythonyes infobased on H2Java, SQL
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationyesShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSynchronous replication via Raftyes infobased on H2yes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCC
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.yesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)no infoPlanned for future releasesSimple rights management via user accountsyes infobased on H2Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon SimpleDBDgraphGreptimeDBH2GISNuoDB
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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