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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. InfluxDB vs. Memgraph vs. RRDtool vs. SurrealDB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitecachelot.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewmemgraph.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbmemgraph.com/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docsurrealdb.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdTobias OetikerSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20152013201719992022
Current release2.7.6, April 20241.8.0, 2022v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC and C++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableRust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
LinuxHP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data and StringsyesNumeric data onlyyes
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
in-process shared library
Pipes
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infowith snapshot isolationnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionsnoyes, based on authentication and database rules
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Cachelot.ioInfluxDBMemgraphRRDtoolSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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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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