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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Graphite vs. GridDB vs. Ignite

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgphoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgriddb.netignite.apache.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlphoenix.apache.orggraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.griddb.netapacheignite.readme.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationChris DavisToshiba CorporationApache Software Foundation
Initial release20182014200620132015
Current release1.1.0, April 20235.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20195.1, August 2022Apache Ignite 2.6
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaPythonC++C++, Java, .Net
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
Unix
Windows
Linux
Unix
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBCHTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersyesnonoyesyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and SparkHadoop integrationnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID at container levelACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyesyes
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseSecurity Hooks for custom implementations
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Apache IoTDBApache PhoenixGraphiteGridDBIgnite
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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