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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. KairosDB vs. Kinetica

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUs
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comgreptime.comgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.kinetica.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.greptime.comkairosdb.github.iodocs.kinetica.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Greptime Inc.Kinetica
Initial release2012202220132012
Current release3.11.5, November 20231.2.2, November 20187.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++RustJavaC, C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptPythonnouser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAM
User concepts infoAccess controlyesSimple rights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles on table level
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ArangoDBGreptimeDBKairosDBKinetica
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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