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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. GBase vs. HyperSQL vs. Quasardb vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. GBase vs. HyperSQL vs. Quasardb vs. TigerGraph

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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 FlinkWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.gbase.cnhsqldb.orgquasar.aiwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.quasardb
Initial release20182004200120092017
Current release1.1.0, April 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.7.2, June 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, Java, PythonJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageStandard with numerous extensionsyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsJava, SQLnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)horizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesnoneSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknowith Hadoop integrationyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailRole-based access control

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