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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Pinecone vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  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 FlinkA managed, cloud-native vector databaseCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSVector DBMSVector DBMS
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Score1.44
Rank#145  Overall
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score3.17
Rank#81  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#383  Overall
#22  Vector DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.pinecone.iowww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperApache Software FoundationPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release201820192023
Current release1.1.0, April 20231.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hostedLinux
macOS
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, BooleanVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
PythonC++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicas
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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