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System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. Elasticsearch vs. GigaSpaces vs. GreptimeDB vs. Sphinx

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Search engineDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Time Series DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitearcadedb.comwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchwww.gigaspaces.comgreptime.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.greptime.comsphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperArcade DataElasticGigaspaces TechnologiesGreptime Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20212010200020222001
Current releaseSeptember 20218.6, January 202315.5, September 20203.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoElastic LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava, C++, .NetRustC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query languageSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesPythonno
Triggersyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes, event driven architectureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoES-Hadoop Connectoryes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Memcached and Redis integrationyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlSimple rights management via user accountsno
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ArcadeDBElasticsearchGigaSpacesGreptimeDBSphinx
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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