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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Ignite vs. OpenTSDB vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.Scalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#142  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgreptime.comignite.apache.orgopentsdb.netwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.greptime.comapacheignite.readme.io/­docsopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperGreptime Inc.Apache Software Foundationcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162022201520111998
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.611 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoLGPLcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonRustC++, Java, .NetJava
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
Telnet API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPythonyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noPL/SQL
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infobased on HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesSimple rights management via user accountsSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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BigchainDBGreptimeDBIgniteOpenTSDBTimesTen
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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