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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Lovefield vs. SiteWhere vs. TDengine vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Lovefield vs. SiteWhere vs. TDengine vs. TigerGraph

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataTime Series DBMS and big data platformA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheregithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
www.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmldocs.tdengine.comdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGoogleSiteWhereTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20122014201020192017
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.1.12, February 20173.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyespredefined schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applicationsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonoyes
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyes, via alarm monitoringno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes infousing MemoryDBnono
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyesRole-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillLovefieldSiteWhereTDengineTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsTDengineā„¢ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHigh Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosTDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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Market metricsTDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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