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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Solr vs. StarRocks vs. TimesTen

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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 FlinkAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orggreptime.comsolr.apache.orgwww.starrocks.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.greptime.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGreptime Inc.Apache Software FoundationThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20182022200620201998
Current release1.1.0, April 20239.6.0, April 20242.5.3, March 202311 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPythonJava pluginsuser defined functionsPL/SQL
Triggersyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesSimple rights management via user accountsyesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Apache IoTDBGreptimeDBSolrStarRocksTimesTen
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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