DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Axibase vs. GBase vs. HBase vs. KairosDB

System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. GBase vs. HBase vs. KairosDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.gbase.cnhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdb
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlkairosdb.github.io
DeveloperAxibase CorporationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release2013200420082013
Current release15585GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.3.4, January 20211.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaC, Java, PythonJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesoptions 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageStandard with numerous extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C#C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACsimple password-based access control

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
AxibaseGBaseHBaseKairosDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Cloudera's HBase PaaS offering now supports Complex Transactions
11 August 2021,  Krishna Maheshwari (sponsor) 

Why is Hadoop not listed in the DB-Engines Ranking?
13 May 2013, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

The Ultimate ATV Test: Suzuki's King Quad 750 AXI Rugged Package vs. Alaska's Hunting Season
20 April 2021, Outdoor Life

provided by Google News

Less Components, Higher Performance: Apache Doris instead of ClickHouse, MySQL, Presto, and HBase
20 October 2023, hackernoon.com

HBase: The database big data left behind
6 May 2016, InfoWorld

Monitor Apache HBase on Amazon EMR using Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon Managed ...
13 February 2023, AWS Blog

HydraBase – The evolution of HBase@Facebook - Engineering at Meta
5 June 2014, Facebook Engineering

A Look At HBase, the NoSQL Database Built on Hadoop
6 May 2015, The New Stack

provided by Google News

Real-Time Performance and Health Monitoring Using Netdata
2 September 2019, CNX Software

Expo: Real Time A/B Testing and Monitoring with Spark Streaming and Kafka at Walmart Labs
24 May 2019, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Present your product here