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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. GreptimeDB vs. Informix vs. TiDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score4.66
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orggreptime.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixpingcap.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdocs.greptime.cominformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGreptime Inc.IBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.PingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2014202219842016
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201914.10.FC5, November 20208.0.0, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustC, C++ and JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada
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 proceduresuser defined functionsPythonyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Using Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnonoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancySimple rights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PhoenixGreptimeDBInformixTiDB
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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