DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. KairosDB vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. KairosDB vs. ObjectBox

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

Description

An IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and Flink

A global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.

Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2

Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	1.31
Rank	#164	Overall
	#14	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.39
Rank	#274	Overall
	#39	Key-value stores

Score	0.67
Rank	#233	Overall
	#20	Time Series DBMS

Score	1.29
Rank	#166	Overall
	#5	Object oriented DBMS

Website

iotdb.apache.org

www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/workers-kv

github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb

objectbox.io

Technical documentation

iotdb.apache.org/UserGuide/Master/QuickStart/QuickStart.html

developers.cloudflare.com/kv/api

kairosdb.github.io

docs.objectbox.io

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

Cloudflare

ObjectBox Limited

Initial release

2018

2013

2017

Current release

1.1.0, April 2023

1.2.2, November 2018

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

Implementation language

Java

C and C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)

hosted

Linux
OS X
Windows

Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
Native API

HTTP REST
Proprietary protocol

Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API

Proprietary native API

Supported programming languages

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala

C
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala

Java
JavaScript

Node.js
PHP
Python

C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript

planned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python

planned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

horizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)

Sharding

based on Cassandra

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicas

yes

selectable replication factor

based on Cassandra

online/offline synchronization between client and server

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Integration with Hadoop and Spark

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft

Eventual Consistency

based on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency

based on Cassandra

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

simple password-based access control

yes

More information provided by the system vendor

News

The on-device Vector Database for Android and Java
29 May 2024

Vector search: making sense of search queries
29 May 2024

Python on-device Vector and Object Database for Local AI
28 May 2024

Evolution of search: traditional vs vector search
23 May 2024

On-device Vector Database for Dart/Flutter
21 May 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources

Recent citations in the news

AMD EPYC 4364P & 4564P @ DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5200 vs. Intel Xeon E-2488 Review
6 June 2024, Phoronix

TsFile: A Standard Format for IoT Time Series Data
27 February 2024, The New Stack

Linux 6.5 With AMD P-State EPP Default Brings Performance & Power Efficiency Benefits For Ryzen Servers
21 September 2023, Phoronix

Apache Promotes IoT Database Project
25 September 2020, Datanami

AMD EPYC 8324P / 8324PN Siena 32-Core Siena Linux Server Performance Review
10 October 2023, Phoronix

provided by Google News

Cloudflare updates Workers platform with Python support, event notifications, and improved local development ...
3 April 2024, DevClass

Cloudflare recovers from service outage after power failure at core North American data center
3 November 2023, DatacenterDynamics

Cloudflare dashboard, API service feeling poorly due to datacenter power snafu
2 November 2023, The Register

Cloudflare is (still) struggling with another outage - here's what to know
3 November 2023, ZDNet

Cloudflare services offline due to data centre power outages
3 November 2023, Techzine Europe

provided by Google News

Real-Time Performance and Health Monitoring Using Netdata
2 September 2019, CNX Software

provided by Google News

Share this page