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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SQream DB vs. Trafodion vs. Vitess

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded 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 FlinkExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobilea GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#209  Overall
#97  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgobjectbox.iosqream.comtrafodion.apache.orgvitess.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.objectbox.iodocs.sqream.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationObjectBox LimitedSQream TechnologiesApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20182017201720142013
Current release1.1.0, April 20232022.1.6, December 20222.3.0, February 201915.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesyesyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Proprietary native API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions in PythonJava Stored Proceduresyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonehorizontal and vertical partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasonline/offline synchronization between client and servernoneyes, via HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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