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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Ehcache vs. GridGain vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeColumnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.21
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.48
Rank#150  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.ehcache.orgwww.gridgain.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperAxibase CorporationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGridGain Systems, Inc.Google
Initial release20132009200720132014
Current release155853.10.0, March 2022GridGain 8.5.12.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial, open sourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesNumeric data and Stringsyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)noUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
simple rights management via user accountsno
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AxibaseEhcacheGridGainInfluxDBLovefield
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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