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DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. Datomic vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Datomic vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Websitecachelot.iowww.datomic.comgreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperCognitectGreptime Inc.Spotify
Initial release2015201220222014
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, ClojureRustJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsPythonno
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoSimple rights management via user accounts
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Cachelot.ioDatomicGreptimeDBHeroic
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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