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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. CrateDB vs. Graphite vs. HugeGraph vs. OrientDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  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 FlinkDistributed Database based on LuceneData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgcratedb.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
orientdb.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlcratedb.com/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iohugegraph.apache.org/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCrateChris DavisBaiduOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20182013200620182010
Current release1.1.0, April 20230.93.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaPythonJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
Unix
Linux
macOS
Unix
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynonoSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)noasynchronous Gremlin script jobsJava, Javascript
TriggersyesnononoHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Shardingnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonovia hugegraph-sparkno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Eventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoedges in graphyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategynoACIDACID
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsnoUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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Apache IoTDBCrateDBGraphiteHugeGraphOrientDB
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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