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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. XTDB

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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 ScioreAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.89
Rank#128  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#330  Overall
#45  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgreptime.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.greptime.comdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAmazonGreptime Inc.GoogleJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20072022201320142019
Current release2.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 20171.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageRustGoJavaScriptClojure
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesNumeric data and Stringsyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 automaticallyyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternlimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnonono
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyes, each node contains all data
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Simple rights management via user accountssimple rights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon SimpleDBGreptimeDBInfluxDBLovefieldXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Time to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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IoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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InfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Fastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Open source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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