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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. CrateDB vs. OrientDB vs. Riak TS vs. Transbase

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  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 LuceneMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Riak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.20
Rank#319  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgcratedb.comorientdb.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlcratedb.com/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCrateOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20182013201020151987
Current release1.1.0, April 20233.2.29, March 20243.0.0, September 2022Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Sourcecommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaErlangC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesrestrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitySQL-like query language, no joinsyes, limitedyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native 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
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)Java, JavascriptErlangyes
TriggersyesnoHooksyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardingSharding
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-levelMulti-source replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Eventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsno infolinks between datasets can be storedyes
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 strategyACIDnoyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache IoTDBCrateDBOrientDBRiak TSTransbase
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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