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System Properties Comparison Apache Cassandra vs. GreptimeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. Riak KV

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NameApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelWide column storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#343  Overall
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score3.84
Rank#76  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitecassandra.apache.orggreptime.comboilerbay.com
Technical documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.greptime.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookGreptime Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.OpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release2008202220022009
Current release5.0-rc1, July 20244.03.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJavaErlang
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysno
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 indexesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesnono
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaC infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnoErlang
Triggersyesnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenoneselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
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.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectSimple rights management via user accountsnoyes, using Riak Security
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Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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