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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. DolphinDB vs. Neo4j vs. TimescaleDB vs. Warp 10

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  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 FlinkDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Scalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQLTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score4.46
Rank#71  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#344  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.dolphindb.comneo4j.comwww.timescale.comwww.warp10.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlneo4j.com/­docsdocs.timescale.comwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDolphinDB, IncNeo4j, Inc.TimescaleSenX
Initial release20182018200720172015
Current release1.1.0, April 2023v2.00.4, January 20225.20, May 20242.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java, ScalaCJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data typesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languagenoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shellyes infoWarpScript
Triggersyesnoyes infovia event handleryesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)horizontal partitioningyes using Neo4j Fabricyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlySource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas infoselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDACIDno
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAdministrators, Users, GroupsUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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Apache IoTDBDolphinDBNeo4jTimescaleDBWarp 10
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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