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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Brytlyt vs. etcd vs. FoundationDB vs. InfluxDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
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 FlinkScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLA distributed reliable key-value storeOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#276  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgbrytlyt.ioetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
github.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.brytlyt.ioetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
apple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBrytlytFoundationDB
Initial release2018201620132013
Current release1.1.0, April 20235.0, August 20233.4, August 20196.2.28, November 20202.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++ and CUDAGoC++Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnono infosome layers support typingNumeric data and Strings
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnosupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLnoin SQL-layer onlyno
Triggersyesyesyes, watching key changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.yesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonosimple rights management via user accounts
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Apache IoTDBBrytlytetcdFoundationDBInfluxDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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