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DBMS > BaseX vs. eXtremeDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. eXtremeDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Microsoft Azure Data Explorer vs. OpenEdge

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Data Explorer  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyFully managed big data interactive analytics platformApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoIf a column is of type dynamic docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-types/­dynamic then it's possible to add arbitrary JSON documents in this cell
Event Store infothis is the general usage pattern at Microsoft. Billing, Logs, Telemetry events are stored in ADX and the state of an individual entity is defined by the arg_max(timestamps)
Spatial DBMS
Search engine infosupport for complex search expressions docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­parseoperator FTS, Geospatial docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­geo-point-to-geohash-function distributed search -> ADX acts as a distributed search engine
Time Series DBMS infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorer/­time-series-analysis
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score3.80
Rank#81  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.mcobject.comgreptime.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­data-explorerwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.greptime.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­data-explorerdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperBaseX GmbHMcObjectGreptime Inc.MicrosoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release20072001202220191984
Current release10.7, August 20238.2, 2021cloud service with continuous releasesOpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleFixed schema with schema-less datatypes (dynamic)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes infobool, datetime, dynamic, guid, int, long, real, string, timespan, double: docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­query/­scalar-data-typesyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyesKusto Query Language (KQL), SQL subsetyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Microsoft SQL Server communication protocol (MS-TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PowerShell
Python
R
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesPythonYes, possible languages: KQL, Python, Ryes
Triggersyes infovia eventsyes infoby defining eventsyes infosee docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­kusto/­management/­updatepolicyyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoSpark connector (open source): github.com/­Azure/­azure-kusto-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsSimple rights management via user accountsAzure Active Directory AuthenticationUsers and groups
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BaseXeXtremeDBGreptimeDBMicrosoft Azure Data ExplorerOpenEdge
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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