DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. EJDB vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. EJDB vs. Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. RRDtool

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines 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 FlinkEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeWide column storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.kinetica.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.kinetica.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSoftmotionsHypertable Inc.KineticaTobias Oetiker
Initial release20182012200920121999
Current release1.1.0, April 20230.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 20211.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaCC++C, C++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)server-lessLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxHP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyesNumeric data only
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.nonono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
in-process shared libraryC++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
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.yesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnonoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelno

More information provided by the system vendor

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
Apache IoTDBEJDBHypertableKineticaRRDtool
DB-Engines blog posts

Time Series DBMS are the database category with the fastest increase in popularity
4 July 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

Time Series DBMS as a new trend?
1 June 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

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

TimescaleDB goes distributed; implements ‘Chunking’ over ‘Sharding’ for scaling-out
22 August 2019, Packt Hub

SQL and TimescaleDB. This article takes a closer look into… | by Alibaba Cloud
31 July 2019, DataDrivenInvestor

Decorate your Windows XP with Hyperdesk
30 July 2008, CNET

The Collective: Customize Your Computer & Your Phone With Star Trek
18 March 2009, TrekMovie

5 Free NoSQL Database Certification Courses in 2024 – AIM
31 January 2024, Analytics India Magazine

provided by Google News

Kinetica Delivers Real-Time Vector Similarity Search
21 March 2024, insideBIGDATA

Kinetica Elevates RAG with Fast Access to Real-Time Data
26 March 2024, Datanami

Kinetica ramps up RAG for generative AI, empowering enterprises with real-time operational data
18 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Kinetica Launches Generative AI Solution for Real-Time Inferencing Powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise
18 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

Transforming spatiotemporal data analysis with GPUs and generative AI
30 October 2023, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

SQLi vulnerability in Cacti could lead to RCE (CVE-2023-51448)
9 January 2024, Help Net Security

Critical IP spoofing bug patched in Cacti
15 December 2022, The Daily Swig

How to install Cacti SNMP Monitor on Ubuntu
24 November 2017, TechRepublic

The 16 Best Open Source Network Monitoring Tools in 2023
21 October 2022, Solutions Review

Cacti servers under attack by attackers exploiting CVE-2022-46169
16 January 2023, Help Net Security

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here