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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. GreptimeDB vs. GridDB vs. HBase vs. TempoIQ

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitephoenix.apache.orggreptime.comgriddb.nethbase.apache.orgtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdocs.greptime.comdocs.griddb.nethbase.apache.org/­book.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGreptime Inc.Toshiba CorporationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetTempoIQ
Initial release20142022201320082012
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20195.1, August 20222.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaRustC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)nono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsPythonnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancySimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple authentication-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PhoenixGreptimeDBGridDBHBaseTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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GitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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